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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 la 1930.
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, un luptător englez iscusit cu prindere, a călătorit în Statele Unite la sfârșitul anilor 1880 pentru a lupta cu cei mai buni luptători americani. Green a avut ocazia în iulie 21, 1889, când s-a luptat cu campionul american Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Evan Lewis. Pentru a se pregăti pentru acest meci, Green s-a confruntat cu un handicap cu luptătorul de luptă Bert Scheller la sfârșitul lunii iunie. S-a născut Scheller
Ianuarie 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
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, lui
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 și 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, Martie 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
Când discutăm despre titlul lui Stanislaus Zbyszko domnește din 1921 la 1922, principalul motiv pentru care i-a luat titlul a fost că domnia sa a fost un eșec la box-office. Numerele validează această credință? Înainte de a câștiga campionatul, Zbyszko l-a luptat pe fostul campion Joe Stecher la 71th Regiment Armory din fața 7,000 fans. În 1915, the
Când William Muldoon s-a retras ca campion mondial la luptă greco-romană la 1889, nu a existat un succesor pregătit pentru campionat. Evan “Strangler” Lewis a fost cel mai bun luptător din Statele Unite, care nu a fost numit William Muldoon, dar specialitatea sa a fost lupta de tip catch-as-catch-can. Cel mai bun luptător greco-roman american, Clarence Whistler, murise în Australia în timpul 1885. Succesorul ales de Muldoon a fost născut în Germania
Joe Stecher started out 1915, a fateful year for his career, with a victory over Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled under the name Otto Carpenter for this match but was known to professional wrestling fans as Ad Santel. Santel had a deserved reputation for being a vicious “hooker”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made