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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 ກັບ 1930.
John “Tigerman” Pesek wrestled several “shoot” matches during the “worked” era of the 1920s. By this time, American professional wrestlers cooperated with each other to put on exciting matches for the fans. Results were predetermined by promoters and managers. Legitimate contests or “shoots” were rare. When they did occur, it was normally to settle a dispute among promoters or a
At the end of 1905, Fred Beell was traveling America hyping up a match with former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Beell was a former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion having defeated Frank Gotch in a “worked” match in New Orleans during December 1903. He lost the title back to Gotch a few weeks later. Capable wrestlers, Jenkins and Beell
Joe Stecher and John “Tiger Man” Pesek were legitimate wrestlers in a primarily “worked” era, where matches were predetermined unless someone decided to double-cross the other wrestler or promoter by turning the match into a legitimate contest. Double-crosses only worked, if the wrestler could legitimately win the match. John Pesek didn’t like the worked nature of wrestling and often turned
This week’s post is to finish up the story of the double cross involving Dick Shikat and Danno O’Mahony. The origins for the double cross actually began in a match with Ed “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1897" bbox_w bbox_h = "52" = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" ສີແດງ = "255" ສີຂຽວ = "255" ສີຟ້າ = "255" ບໍ່ມີເພດ; = "” Lewis in Madison Square Garden on June 9, 1932. While this match was a prearranged exhibition, the wrestlers had been in discussion about Lewis dropping the belt
ໃນ 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, ແຊ້ມ Wrestling Heavyweight ໂລກ Ed “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1897" bbox_w bbox_h = "52" = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" ສີແດງ = "255" ສີຂຽວ = "255" ສີຟ້າ = "255" ບໍ່ມີເພດ; = "” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate
Stanislaus Zbyszko ໄດ້ເດີນທາງໄປສະຫະລັດໃນ 1909 ຊອກຫາການແຂ່ງຂັນກັບແຊ້ມ Wrestling Heavyweight ໂລກທີ່ຍອມຮັບ Frank Gotch. ເພື່ອໃຫ້ໄດ້ຮັບຮູບຮ່າງສໍາລັບສິ່ງທ້າທາຍນີ້ແລະສ້າງຄວາມຄາດຫວັງສໍາລັບການແຂ່ງຂັນຫົວຂໍ້, Zbyskzo ໄດ້ທ່ຽວຊົມເມືອງໃຫຍ່ສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ໃນສະຫະລັດ. ໃນລະຫວ່າງເດືອນພຶດສະພາ 1910, Zbyszko ມາຮອດ St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles
ໃນເດືອນທັນວາ 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1897" bbox_w bbox_h = "52" = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" ສີແດງ = "255" ສີຂຽວ = "255" ສີຟ້າ = "255" ບໍ່ມີເພດ; = "” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but
ໃນເດືອນມັງກອນ 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” ແລະ 210 ປອນ, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Second,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Gimmick ທີ່ຊ່ວຍປະຢັດ 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) ສະບັບຫຼຸດລົງຂອງ 1915 ການແຂ່ງຂັນມວຍປ້ຳສາກົນໄດ້ປະສົບກັບການເຂົ້າຮ່ວມແລະຄວາມສົນໃຈ, ໃນເວລາທີ່ຜູ້ສົ່ງເສີມ Sam Rachmann ຄວ້າຫຼຽນຄໍາສົ່ງເສີມໂດຍການນໍາ wrestler ຫນ້າກາກເຂົ້າໄປໃນການແຂ່ງຂັນຂອງລາວ.. The Masked Marvel stormed
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1976" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" ສີແດງ = "255" ສີຂຽວ = "255" ສີຟ້າ = "255" ບໍ່ມີເພດ; = ". Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum ໃນວັນພະຫັດ, ເດືອນທັນວາ 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of