Category: 20th Century Professional Wrestling

Una de las historias legendarias sobre Joe Stecher se refiere a una competencia legítima que tuvo con uno de Martin. “Agricultor” Quema a los luchadores, cuando Stecher apenas había terminado la escuela secundaria. Burns se enteró de la creciente reputación de Stecher y decidió ponerlo a prueba con uno de sus luchadores.. Por años, Pensé que Stecher derrotó a Yusif Mahmout pero en realidad luchó contra Yussif Hussane.. La

In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Stecher and Lewis would emerge as the two best legitimate professional wrestler of the 1910s. Either man could beat every other wrestler at the time in a legitimate contest or “shoot”. The men wrestled three long, boring contests

Prior to the creation of the territorial system in 1948, pro wrestling promoters fought with each other to control the world championship. Promoting the world champion led to bigger gates, so most promoters wanted to control the championship. In the 1930s, promoters would enter into agreements with each other but they were often fleeting. When one promoter got offended, thought

William Hayes Shaw, quien luchó como Pat O'Shocker durante la mayor parte de su carrera de lucha libre, se encontró en el centro de atención en 1933. Sin embargo, O'Shocker no buscaba este tipo de fama.. Los periódicos publicaban una historia sobre cómo los promotores de la lucha libre intentaron utilizar a O'Shocker en una traición planeada.. Joseph “Toots” Mondt contrató a luchadores fuera de Nueva York y se alineó con

In 1933, about 10 años en su carrera de lucha libre, Jim Browning ganaría el título mundial. Comenzando su carrera en Kansas y su estado natal de Missouri., Browning tendría que abandonar estos terrenos familiares, si pretendía alcanzar la cima más alta de la lucha libre profesional. Porque los campeones del mundo tuvieron que hacer una gira nacional, y a menudo a nivel internacional, el título mundial fue

I’ve written in the past that Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce by Marcus Griffin is a problematic source. While Griffin has insider knowledge due to his time in the Buffalo promotional office in the 1930s, he wrote the book for the purpose of revenge against the promoters who fired him. The book contains factual information mixed in with interesting

In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilou began wrestling as Jim Londos after several years as the gimmicky “Wrestling Plasterer”. Londos probably didn’t realize that the name change would be the first step into him becoming the biggest box office attraction in 1930s professional wrestling. The second step was his emergence as a main event wrestler in St. Louis. Born in

En julio 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “Agricultor” Bailey in March 1922 to qualify for the match with Lewis. 31-year-old Eustace was the same age as “Strangler” Lewis but Lewis was far more experienced. Debuting at 14 years of age,

In early 1915, Sam Rachmann promovió el Torneo Internacional de Lucha Libre de Nueva York con la intención de reemplazar al campeón mundial de lucha libre retirado Frank Gotch.. Rachmann creía que nadie podría derrotar a Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, El sucesor elegido por Rachmann de Gotch, en la lucha grecorromana. El desafío de Rachmann fue atrapar como atrapar lata era el estilo de lucha dominante en Estados Unidos.. Para sortear este desafío, Rachmann contrató internacional