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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Kub Dust Trio dominance ntawm kev wrestling nyob rau thaum ntxov mus-1920s bred ntau resentment nrog lwm wrestlers thiab promoters. This professional jealousy led to a famous double-cross in 1925. Txij lub sij hawm no rau, Lub ntiaj teb npe yog xamphaj li Joe Stecher tuav ib version, thaum Ed “Strangler” Lewis tuav lwm version. Due to the real resentment
The following excerpt is from my new book Double Crossing the Gold Dust Trio, which will be out this summer. Thaum lub caij ntuj sov (ntawm 1921), the Zbyszko brothers received word that their mother was gravely ill. Making quick preparation, they let Curley and the other promoters know they would be leaving as soon as they could arrange passage on a
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg defended his AWA World Title, based in the Boston promotion of Paul Bowser, in Boston Arena against former world champion Joe Stecher. Two minutes of film survived from the hour-long match. Gus Sonnenberg traded on his celebrity as a professional football player to become a wrestling star. Sonnenberg helped the Providence Steam Roller win
Seb nws yog ib tug double-cross los yog ib txoj kev los mus setup ib contest tseeb contest, Paul Bowser txoj kev los ruaj ntseg ib match ntawm Joe Stecher thiab Joe Malcewicz ze li ntawm ua rau ib riot rau lub peb hlis ntuj 11, 1926. Txheej xwm ntawm lub xyoo dhau los ua tau teev no debacle rau hauv tsab ntawv tsa suab. Thaum kawg ntawm qhov kawg 1922, Kub plua plav Trio ntawm Ed “Strangler” Lewis, nws
Tom Jenkins muaj cov distinction uas yog tus wrestler los swb Frank Gotch ntau zaus. Jenkins thiab Gotch hloov pauv cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm 1902 thiab 1906. Thaum lub sij hawm no match, Jenkins yog tus tau zus ib dua. Fred Beell had been campaigning for a match with Jenkins for months. Beell finally convinced Jenkins to meet him but
Yos Xes “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally ntawm cov 1910s thaum ntxov los ntawm cov 1930s, tiam sis nws ua nws kos tiag li ib booker, booking tus neeg saib xyuas thiab promoter. Thaum Ed “Strangler” Lewis pom tias Mondt nws sib npaug zos nyob rau hauv ib tseeb wrestling match, Mondt muaj ib tug ntse heev rau tsim angles thiab finishes ua haujlwm wrestling exhibitions. Mondt yuav koom Lewis thiab nws tus thawj tswj Billy Sandow
Thaum tawm tswv yim stanislaus Zbyszko lub npe reign ntawm 1921 mus 1922, Yog vim li cas thiaj muab rau kev noj lub npe ntawm nws yog tias nws lub npe reign yog ib qhov chaw ua hauj lwm tsis ua hauj lwm. Ua cov zauv validate no ntseeg? Ua ntej yuav yeej lub championship, Zbyszko wrestled qub tau zus ib Joe Stecher ntawm lub 71st Regiment Armory pem lub taub hau 7,000 kiv cua. Nyob rau hauv 1915, tus
Joe Stecher pib tawm 1915, Ib fateful xyoo rau nws cov hauj lwm, Muaj ib tug yeej nyob Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled nyob rau hauv lub npe Otto Carpenter rau ntais ntawv no tab sis yog paub tias kev wrestling kiv cua li Ad Santel. Santel muaj ib lub koob npe nrov deserved rau ib vicious “hooker”, Ib wrestler skilled hauv submission tuas. Stecher yog ib tug 22 xyoo Nebraskan, leej twg ua
Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled 175,000 tseeb wrestling qhov yuam kev nrog Joseph “Toots” Mondt xyoo. Thaum sib tham nrog nws cov protégé, Lou Thesz, Lewis hais tias nws tsuas yuav tsum txhawj txog poob rau ob wrestlers nyob rau hauv nws cov hauj lwm ntev. Tsuas Mondt thiab Stanislaus Zbyszko muaj sij hawm uas defeating nws nyob hauv ib contest tseeb contest. One
Sunday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 14, 1924, “Loj” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm daim card wrestling ntawm lub nroog Kansas City, Missouri, Rooj sib txoos. 10,000 Kiv cua tsom mus cheer rau Munn, Ib tus kawm ntawv qib siab football neeg uas ua ntawv rau lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Nebraska. Munn yog billed ntawm 6’06”, Uas tej zaum yuav tau ib exaggeration tab sis nws yog ho