Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 mus 1930.
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
Charles Ntsuab, Ib skilled Lus Askiv catch-as-catch-can wrestler, Mus rau teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv lub caij 1880s wrestle tus zoo American wrestlers. Ntsuab tau txais nws lub sijhawm rau lub Xya hli ntuj 21, 1889, Thaum nws wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can tau zus ib Evan Lewis. Npaj rau ntais ntawv no, Ntsuab muab ib handicap bout nrog journeyman wrestler Bert Scheller nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj lig. Scheller yug
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
Rau Joe Acton lub hnub yug 33rd, Lub peb hlis ntuj 8, 1885, Nws wrestled koj txog haujlwm countryman Tom Cannon hauv ib 2-tawm-ntawm-3-ntog match ntawm Sportsman Park nyob New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton thiab Cannon muaj keeb kwm ntev ua ke. Leej txiv neej yug hauv hais thaum ntxov 1952. Cannon yug ib lub hlis tom qab tshaj Acton rau hnub tim 19, 1852. Leej txiv neej pib wrestling hauv lub
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
Thaum William Muldoon txijnkawm li lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion hauv 1889, Muaj tug tsis npaj successor rau lub championship. Evan “Strangler” Lewis yog qhov zoo wrestler nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas tsis hu ua William Muldoon tab sis nws specialty yog catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Qhov zoo Tshaj Plaws American Greco-Roman wrestler, Clarence Whistler, Tuag nyob Australia thaum 1885. Muldoon tus handpicked successor yog German-yug
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