Jim Londos Makes His Mark

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In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilou began wrestling as Jim Londos after several years as the gimmickyWrestling 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

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Eustace Wrestles The Champ

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Pada Julai 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion EdStrangler” Lewis. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “Petani” Bailey in March 1922 to qualify for the match with Lewis. 31-year-old Eustace was the same age asStranglerLewis but Lewis was far more experienced. Debuting at 14 tahun,

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The Martial Culture Podcast

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I was recently honored to be a guest on The Martial Culture Podcast. Coach Rene Driefuss and Matt Peters were excellent hosts. I truly enjoyed my time on their podcast. We spoke about one of my books, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. Walau bagaimanapun, we spoke in general about the history

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Pro Wrestling’s Bad Reputation

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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

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Jeffries KOs Corbett

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Pada Mei 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett

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Renato Gardini Tiba di 1915

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In early 1915, Sam Rachmann mempromosikan Kejohanan Gusti Antarabangsa New York dengan niat untuk menggantikan Juara Gusti Heavyweight Dunia yang telah bersara, Frank Gotch. Rachmann percaya tiada siapa yang boleh mengalahkan Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Pengganti pilihan Rachmann kepada Gotch, dalam gusti Greco-Rom. Cabaran Rachmann ialah catch-as-catch-can adalah gaya gusti yang dominan di Amerika. Untuk mengharungi cabaran ini, Rachmann merekrut antarabangsa

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Kempen Browning di Kansas

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Dalam 1922, Bakal Juara Gusti Kelas Berat Dunia Jim Browning memulakan kerjayanya di Kansas. Browning berpindah dari kampung halamannya di Verona, Missouri in 1921 untuk berlatih untuk kerjaya gusti profesional. Tom Law, Wichita, Penganjur Kansas, menyelia latihan Browning. By May 1923, Browning telah pun berada dalam acara utama di pertunjukan yang lebih kecil. Pada Augusta, kad Kansas, Browning bergusti

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Buku Trio Debu Emas Silang Berganda

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Pada Mac 3, 1922, EdStrangler” Lewis memenangi semula Kejohanan Gusti Kelas Berat Dunia daripada Stanislaus Zbyszko. Acara ini menandakan permulaan salah satu gabungan gusti profesional yang paling dominan dalam sejarah. Pengurus Billy Sandow, Juara Dunia Ed “Strangler” Lewis dan rakan latihan/jenius promosi Joseph “Toots” Mondt, dikenali sebagai “Trio Debu Emas”, mendominasi sukan itu untuk enam perlawanan berikutnya

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Alan Eustace Bergusti “Petani” Bailey

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In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow meyakinkan penganjur Georgia Tom Law untuk berpindah ke Wichita, Kansas dan bangunkan kawasan itu untuk pertunjukan gusti masa hadapan. American Midwest akan menjadi penjana pendapatan yang besar untuk Gold Dust Trio, yang diketuai oleh Sandow bersama Juara Dunia Ed “Strangler” Lewis dan genius promosi Joseph “Toots” Mondt, pada tahun 1920-an. Undang-undang akan menghasilkan dua

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“Petani” Burns Preps untuk Lewis

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Dalam 1894, Martin “Petani” Burns sedang bersedia untuk bergelut dengan Evan “Strangler” Lewis untuk Kejohanan Gusti Kelas Berat Amerika. Semasa Burns memasuki zaman jayanya, Lewis telah berada di puncak gusti profesional Amerika untuk 5 tahun. Lewis juga bergelut dengan gaya likat dengan penekanan pada penahanan penyerahan. Burns perlu bersedia untuk pertandingan yang sukar, yang boleh

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