Lewis se lleva el título A la vuelta de Munn,,en,Caleb entra virilidad,,en

On the same day Joe Stecher luchó contra Stanislaus Zbyszko por la reconocida versión del Campeonato Mundial de Lucha Libre de Peso Pesado en St.. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Grande” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and Munn was to put the title back on long-time champion Lewis.

Lewis and Munn wrestled on May 30, 1925 in Michigan City, Indiana. Two days prior to the match, Lewis won in court against current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Zbyszko tried for a court injunction to bar Lewis from claiming the World Championship. Zbyszko knew after he legitimately beat Munn, the Gold Dust Trio promotion would put the belt back on Lewis, a legitimate wrestler.

While wrestling was prearranged, the wrestlers tried to hide the fact from the public. Several writers suspected both title bouts on May 30, 1925 were arranged finishes, they didn’t have any proof. Sin embargo, the bouts were meant to complete the double cross. Zbyszko estaba cediendo su título al ex campeón mundial de lucha libre Joe Stecher.. Ed “Strangler” Lewis would take back the disputed title from the man he loaned it to.

Antes de que ocurriera este partido, Lewis and Munn built excitement for the match with a promotional stunt.

When Munn won over Lewis in February 1925, Lewis claimed he lost due to injury and refused to turn over the championship belt. Munn had a different belt during his reign.

Munn se negó a continuar como campeón a menos que Lewis entregara el cinturón a la comisión.. El ganador de este partido tendría el título original.. Si bien este escenario ahora era absurdo con la derrota de Munn ante Zbyszko, El equipo de promoción continuó con la historia original..

Lewis no quería avergonzar a Munn más de lo que ya lo había hecho en el partido con Zbyszko.. Lewis hizo que Munn se viera bien al dejar que Munn lo sujetara con un agarre en la entrepierna y medio Nelson en 24 minutes, 55 segundo.

Lewis took over in the second fall. Early in his wrestling career, Lewis used a version of the stranglehold employed by 19th Century wrestler Evan “Strangler” Lewis. After the move was banned, Lewis switched to the headlock. Lewis employed the headlock freely in this match. After a series of 20 trampas, Lewis pinned Munn after 17 minutes, 11 segundo.

Lewis blew through the third fall much quicker. 7 headlocks led to the third and final fall at 7 minutes even. Ed “Strangler” Lewis was the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion again despite the disputed status of his title.

“Grande” Wayne Munn would wrestle for a few more months before quietly retiring in 1926. Only five years later at 34 years age, Wayne Munn passed away from kidney problems on January 9, 1931. Munn was living with his wife and daughter in San Antonio, Texas at the time.

Ed “Strangler” Lewis would reclaim the undisputed title in 1928, cuando Joe Stecher acordó hacer negocios con él. Lewis won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship four times in his career. Lewis wrestled from 1905, when he was 14 años de edad, until 1948, when he was a legally blind 57-year-old. Lewis lost his eye sight from trachoma, which he contracted from dirty wrestling mats.

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Source: El St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Mayo 31, 1925 edition, p. 12

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