लोंडोस ​​बनाम. शिकात में 1930

पिछले बीस वर्षों में, संरक्षणवादियों को 1920 से 1950 के दशक की कई कुश्ती फिल्में मिली हैं जिन्हें खोया हुआ मान लिया गया था. प्रशंसक अधिकांश नई खोजी गई फ़िल्में YouTube पर देख सकते हैं.

बची हुई फिल्मों में से एक एक घंटे की अठारह मिनट की है, फ़िलाडेल्फ़िया से बीस मिनट का मैच, पेंसिल्वेनिया में 1930. जिम लोंडोस ​​ने डिक शिकाट से कुश्ती लड़ी (वीडियो लिंक) for a version of the World Championship in front of twenty thousand fans at Shibe Park, the home of the Philadelphia Athletics.

According to the pre-match publicity, जिम लोंडोस 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. तथापि, 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.

I thought promoters started using the three count later in the 1930s. तथापि, 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), जून 7, 1930, पी. 18

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