Category: Pro Wrestling -historia

The following excerpt is from my new book Double Crossing the Gold Dust Trio, which will be out this summer. During the summer (of 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

Charles Green, a skilled English catch-as-catch-can wrestler, traveled to the United States in the late 1880s to wrestle the best American wrestlers. Green got his opportunity on July 21, 1889, when he wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion Evan Lewis. To prepare for this match, Green took a handicap bout with journeyman wrestler Bert Scheller in late June. Scheller was born

Whether it was a double-cross or an attempt to setup a legitimate contest, Paul Bowser’s attempt to secure a match between Joe Stecher and Joe Malcewicz nearly resulted in a riot on March 11, 1926. Events of the previous year actually set this debacle into motion. From the end of 1922, the Gold Dust Trio of Ed “Strangler” Lewis, hänen

Tom Jenkins had the distinction of being the only wrestler to defeat Frank Gotch multiple times. Jenkins and Gotch traded the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship between 1902 ja 1906. At the time of this match, Jenkins was the champion again. Fred Beell had been campaigning for a match with Jenkins for months. Beell finally convinced Jenkins to meet him but

On Joe Acton’s 33rd birthday, Maaliskuu 8, 1885, he wrestled fellow countryman Tom Cannon in a 2-out-of-3-falls match at Sportsman Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton and Cannon had a long history together. Both men were born in England in early 1952. Cannon was born a month later than Acton on April 19, 1852. Both men started wrestling in the

Joseph “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Strangler” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow

Kun puhutaan Stanislaus Zbyszkon tittelistä, hallituskausi 1921 to 1922, tärkein syy tittelin ottamiseen häneltä oli se, että hänen tittelinsään hallituskautensa oli lipputulojen epäonnistuminen. Vahvistavatko luvut tämän uskomuksen? Ennen mestaruuden voittoa, Zbyszko paini entisen mestarin Joe Stecherin kanssa 71. rykmentin asevarastossa 7,000 fans. Sisään 1915, the

Joe Stecher aloitti 1915, kohtalokas vuosi hänen uralleen, voitolla Adolph Ernstistä. Ernst paini tässä ottelussa nimellä Otto Carpenter, mutta ammattipainifanit tunsivat hänet nimellä Ad Santel. Santelilla oli ansaittu maine ilkeänä “huora”, alistumiseen taitava painija pitää. Stecher oli 22-vuotias nebraskalainen, kuka teki