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William Hayes Shaw, who wrestled as Pat O’Shocker through most of his wrestling career, found himself in the spotlight in 1933. O’Shocker wasn’t looking for this sort of fame though. Newspapers were carrying a story about how wrestling promoters tried to use O’Shocker in a planned double-cross. Joseph “Toots” Mondt booked wrestlers out of New York and was aligned with

Nan 1933, about 10 ane nan karyè lit li, Jim Browning ta genyen tit mondyal la. Starting his career in Kansas and his home state of Missouri, Browning ta dwe kite teren sa yo abitye, si li te gen entansyon rive nan pwent pi wo a nan lit pwofesyonèl. Paske chanpyon mondyal yo te oblije fè yon vwayaj nasyonal, e souvan entènasyonalman, the world title was

James Hiram McLaughlin kenbe distenksyon pou yo te premye wrèstè pwofesyonèl Ameriken an. Pandan ke moun te lite pwofesyonèl anvan McLaughlin, li te premye moun ki te genyen yon k ap viv pwofesyonèl nan lit. McLaughlin te kòmanse lit pwofesyonèl nan 1860 nan 16 ane laj men Lagè Sivil la te entèwonp karyè li pou kèk ane. McLaughlin te kòmanse lit ankò nan 1866. Pa 1877,

In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilou began wrestling as Jim Londos after several years as the gimmicky “Wrestling Plasterer”. Londos probably didn’t realize that the name change would be the first step into him becoming the biggest box office attraction in 1930s professional wrestling. The second step was his emergence as a main event wrestler in St. Louis. Born in

Sou Jiye 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “Kiltivatè” Bailey in March 1922 to qualify for the match with Lewis. 31-year-old Eustace was the same age as “Strangler” Lewis but Lewis was far more experienced. Debuting at 14 ane ki gen laj,

Since its emergence as a spectator sport in the second half of the 19th Century, promoters and wrestlers were under a cloud of suspicion that they were working their matches. While professional wrestling would eventually consist almost exclusively of staged exhibitions, many, if not most, of the matches were legitimate contest prior to 1915. Promoters and wrestlers went to great

In early 1915, Sam Rachmann te ankouraje New York International Wrestling Tournoi ak entansyon pou ranplase Frank Gotch chanpyon Lut Pwa Lourd ki te pran retrèt.. Rachmann te kwè pèsonn pa t ka bat Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Siksesè Rachmann nan Gotch, nan lit Greko-Women. Defi Rachmann a te trape-tankou-trape-ka se te style lit dominan nan Amerik la. Pou jwenn alantou defi sa a, Rachmann recruited international

Nan 1922, future World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Jim Browning began his career in Kansas. Browning moved from his hometown of Verona, Missouri in 1921 to train for a professional wrestling career. Tom Law, the Wichita, Kansas promoter, oversaw Browning’s training. By May 1923, Browning was already in the main event at smaller shows. On an Augusta, Kansas card, Browning wrestled

Sou Mas 3, 1922, Ed “Strangler” Lewis regained the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Stanislaus Zbyszko. This event marked the beginning of one of the most dominant professional wrestling combines in history. Manager Billy Sandow, World Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and training partner/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, known as the “Gold Dust Trio”, dominated the sport for the next six

In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow convinced Georgia promoter Tom Law to move to Wichita, Kansas and develop the area for future wrestling shows. The American Midwest would be a significant revenue generator for the Gold Dust Trio, which Sandow led with World Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, in the 1920s. Law would produce two