Ken Zimmerman Jr.

Ar Iúil 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 “Feirmeoir” 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 bliana d'aois,

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 promoted the New York International Wrestling Tournament with the intention of replacing retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Rachmann believed no one could defeat Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Rachmann’s handpicked successor to Gotch, in Greco-Roman wrestling. Rachmann’s challenge was catch-as-catch-can was the dominant wrestling style in America. To get around this challenge, Rachmann recruited international

In 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

Ar Márta 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

In 1894, Martin “Feirmeoir” Bhí Burns ag réiteach le hEvan a throid “Strangler” Lewis do Chraobhchomórtas Trom-mheáchain Mheiriceá. Cé go raibh Burns ag dul isteach sa phríomhchathair, Bhí Lewis ar bharr wrestling proifisiúnta Mheiriceá 5 bliana. Chaith Lewis stíl slaodach freisin le béim ar bhacaí aighneachta. Chaithfeadh Burns a bheith ullamh do chomórtas dian, a d’fhéadfadh

Verona, Is baile beag in iardheisceart Missouri é Missouri. Riamh níos mó ná 900 áitritheoirí ina stair, amháin 438 nó mar sin thug daoine Verona abhaile i 1926. Ach, reáchtáladh cárta wrestling proifisiúnta ar an mbaile Dé Luain, Márta 22, 1926. Sin úsáid fhorleathan na ngluaisteán nó na mbóithre a tógadh chun iad a láimhseáil, bheadh ​​taisteal an-deacair i 1926.

Ar Dé hAoine, Feabhra 17, 1922, Bhí Stanislaus Zbyszko, Seaimpín Trom-mheáchain an Domhain, ag troid i gcluiche bacainní i gcoinne Francois Lemarque agus an réalta nua Jim Londos. Bhí Londos fós cúpla bliain ó bheith ar an tarraingt ba mhó oifigí na dticéad sa chogaíocht ghairmiúil ach bhí sé ar an wrestler ba mhó éileamh i St.. Louis. Cé gur sheas Londain ach thart ar 5’06” nó 5’07”, sheilbh sé