Londos vs. Shikat rein 1930
In den letzten zwanzig Jahren, Denkmalschützer haben mehrere Wrestlingfilme aus den 1920er bis 1950er Jahren gefunden, die als verschollen galten. Fans können sich die meisten der neu entdeckten Filme auf YouTube ansehen.
Einer der erhaltenen Filme ist achtzehn Minuten lang, Zwanzig-Minuten-Spiel von Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1930. Jim Londos rang mit Dick Shikat (Videolink) for a version of the World Championship in front of twenty thousand fans at Shibe Park, the home of the Philadelphia Athletics.
Künstlerische Darstellung von Jim Londos (Public Domain)
According to the pre-match publicity, der Sportredakteur für die wrestled Dick Shikat twice before with each man wining one of the matches. Promoters scheduled the rubber match for a baseball park correctly predicting fan interest in a match between the two men.
If you watch the mat, you will see it includes a lot of mat wrestling. Jedoch, the match was never boring.
The men traded holds throughout the match until Londos secured a top body lock with an armbar. Londos pinned Shikat for a count of three.
Foto von Dick Shikat, der Danno O’Mahoney im März legitim verletzt hat 2, 1936 aus der Public Domain
I thought promoters started using the three count later in the 1930s. Jedoch, the promoters implemented the three count for this match years earlier.
With the addition of the three count, it was impossible for a wrestler to hold down his opponent for a three count unless he was completely knocked out. The change made double-crosses by pin nearly impossible.
Both Londos and Shikat could hook or legitimately submit opponents although observers considered Shikat the better hooker. Shikat did double-cross Danno O’Mahony in Boston in 1936.
After being double-crossed behind the scenes by Joseph “Toots” Mondt and motivated by a strong personal dislike of O’Mahony, Shikat shot on O’Mahony legitimately injuring O’Mahony in the process.
Shikat had no intention to shoot on Jim Londos. Londos still is the biggest drawing card in the history of professional wrestling. Shikat knew what a match with Londos meant to his pocket book.
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Sources: The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Juni 7, 1930, p. 18
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