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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Nyob rau hnub tim 7, 1914, 22-xyoo Wladek Zbyszko ntsib Ed 22 xyoo “Strangler” Lewis puas raws li nyob rau hauv ib ntawm ntau qhov yuam kev ntawm ob tug txiv neej lub. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. Nyob rau thaum 1920 los, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Nyob rau hauv
Hais ncaj ntsaim J. Quinn, ib lub zos me nyuam. Tus kws lij choj Louis, txais kev pab raws li tus manager saib xyuas rau kev wrestlers George Baptise, Charley Olson thiab Fred Beell. Kev admirer muas thaum chiv thawj txog George Baptiste, leej twg yog tus lus dab neeg nyob rau hauv tus me nyuam. Louis tsev ua noj thiab hom Vandeventer. Baptiste yuav ntiav Quinn raws li nws lub dab zaub thiab cov kws lij choj rau nws tsev pheebsuab thiab awning niaj hnub tom ntej. Thaum nws
Thaum ntxov 1916, Martin “Ua teb” Zaus, leej twg kawm thiab tswj Frank Gotch rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Championship, pib tsis tau hais tias nws tsim tam sim no American Heavyweight tau zus ib Joe Stecher. Cov ntaubntawv seemed khib vim kub yus yuav tsum ua haujlwm nrog Stecher ntau xyoo. Kub yus pab npaj Stecher rau nws championship bout nrog Charlie Cutler hauv 1915. Nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev, dab tsi Burns
Thaum kawg ntawm lub 1910s, Kev wrestling promoters booked wrestlers ua hauj lwm los yog pre-txheej txheem wrestling qhov yuam kev. Puav, Feem ntau yog los ntawm ib tug ntoo khaub lig ob npaug, Kiv cua yuav pom ib contest los yog “tua” Ntais ntawv ntawm lub wrestlers. Ib qhov yuam kev tshwm sim nyob lig 1921 Thiab sawv ntawm ib feud ntawm Tex Rickard, feem ntau yog ib boxing promoter, thiab Jack
Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 14, 1915, tus International Wrestling kev sib tw los yog lub kaw. Ib featured match ices Samuel Rachmann promoter yog manipulating kev ua tau kom txaus siab rau qhov nws cov kev sib tw. Tom qab cov wrestling pej xeem ploj tag txaus siab rau cov kev sib tw thaum nws qhib ob peb lub hlis nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav, Rachmann yog ib lub gimmicks zoo tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm kev wrestling tswvcuab. Rachmann
Georg Lurich ua nws lub koob npe nrov li ib tug neeg wrestler nyob nyob sab Europe wrestling Greco-Roman tournaments competing. Thaum Lurich travelled lub tebchaws los ply nws pauv, nws ua rau kev hloov mus catch-as-catch-can wrestling, cov hom style lwm teb chaws Europe. Lurich txais tau zoo rau cov style no thiab yuav tau txhaj tshuaj rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib, Frank Gotch, Gotch lub xeem
Lub lim tiam no tus ncej yog tas zaj dabneeg ntawm tus coj hla uas muaj Dick Shikat thiab Danno O'Mahony. Lub hauv paus rau cov coj hla tau pib hauv ib match nrog Ed “Strangler” Lewis hauv Madison Square vaj rau lub rau hli ntuj 9, 1932. Thaum ntais ntawv no yog ib prearranged exhibition, Tus wrestlers yuav tsum tau nyob rau hauv kev sib tham txog Lewis xa me nyuam rov cov belt
Saum ntuj 21, 1915, tus International Wrestling kev sib tw pib nyob New York. Samuel Rachman nce cov kev tshwm sim raws li ib txoj kev mus showcase nyob sab Europe Greco-Roman Wrestling tau zus ib Alek Aberg. Rachman ntseeg Aberg yog lub ntuj successor rau ntiaj teb Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch, nyob rau hauv uas retired 1913. Rau thawj hnub ntawm cov kev sib tw, nationalistic txoj kev xav txog tsov rog ntiaj teb ua tsov ua rog kuv popped
Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 2, 1915, tus International Wrestling kev sib tw nyob New York City nkag nws lub lim tiam thib ob ntawm sib txeeb. Tej lub tournaments loj npe wrestling rau hmo ntuj no. Alex Aberg, George Lurich thiab Wladek Zbyszko yuav tag nrho lwv. Yog leej twg ua tus hneev taw biggest Zbyszko. Thawj ntais ntawv koom tes nrog ob lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse thiab Wilhelm Berner.
Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 22, 1919, Ed “Strangler” Lewis ntsib Wladek Zbyszko rau tus tsis muaj ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Nyob rau hauv ib lub yeej surprise, Zbyszko tua yeej Lewis siv lub npe. Hmoov tsis txog Wladek Zbyszko, nws tsuas xav tau ib khob kas fes nrog siv. Ib lub hlis los yog ob tug tom qab, Zbyszko ploj lub npe kom Joe Stetcher. Yog yuav muaj no match