Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Op April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Op Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, 'n bekende "haker" of vaardige voorleggingstoeier, met Taro
Wie is die grootste wettige professionele stoeier om in die Verenigde State te stoei?? Hoe doen
Die Gold Dust Trio se oorheersing van professionele stoei in die vroeë tot middel-1920's het baie wrok by ander stoeiers en promotors laat ontstaan. Hierdie professionele jaloesie het gelei tot 'n bekende dubbelkruis in 1925. Van hierdie tyd af, die wêreldtitel is betwis aangesien Joe Stecher een weergawe gehou het, terwyl Ed “Worger” Lewis het die ander weergawe gehou. As gevolg van die werklike wrok
Die volgende uittreksel is uit my nuwe boek Double Crossing the Gold Dust Trio, wat hierdie somer uit sal wees. During the summer (of 1921), die Zbyszko-broers het berig ontvang dat hul ma ernstig siek is. Maak vinnige voorbereiding, hulle het vir Curley en die ander promotors laat weet dat hulle sou vertrek sodra hulle deurgang op a kon reël
Charles Groen, ’n bekwame Engelse catch-as-catch-can-stoeier, het in die laat 1880's na die Verenigde State gereis om die beste Amerikaanse stoeiers te stoei. Green het sy geleentheid op Julie gekry 21, 1889, toe hy die Amerikaanse Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can-kampioen Evan Lewis gestoei het. Om voor te berei vir hierdie wedstryd, Green het aan die einde van Junie 'n voorgee-wedstryd met die stoeier Bert Scheller gehad. Scheller gebore is
Januarie 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg het sy AWA Wêreldtitel verdedig, gebaseer in die Boston-promosie van Paul Bowser, in Boston Arena teen die voormalige wêreldkampioen Joe Stecher. Twee minute se film het van die uur lange wedstryd oorleef. Gus Sonnenberg het op sy beroemdheid as 'n professionele sokkerspeler verhandel om 'n stoeister te word. Sonnenberg het die Providence Steam Roller gehelp om te wen
Whether it was a double-cross or an attempt to setup a legitimate contest, Paul Bowser’s attempt to secure a match between Joe Stecher and Joe Malcewicz nearly resulted in a riot on March 11, 1926. Events of the previous year actually set this debacle into motion. From the end of 1922, the Gold Dust Trio of Ed “Worger” Lewis, sy
Tom Jenkins had the distinction of being the only wrestler to defeat Frank Gotch multiple times. Jenkins and Gotch traded the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship between 1902 en 1906. At the time of this match, Jenkins was the champion again. Fred Beell had been campaigning for a match with Jenkins for months. Beell finally convinced Jenkins to meet him but
On Joe Acton’s 33rd birthday, Maart 8, 1885, he wrestled fellow countryman Tom Cannon in a 2-out-of-3-falls match at Sportsman Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton and Cannon had a long history together. Both men were born in England in early 1952. Cannon was born a month later than Acton on April 19, 1852. Both men started wrestling in the
1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
Joseph “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Worger” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow
From late 1921 te 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Egter, Contos decided to leave promotion to focus on managing the career of budding star Dan Kolov. Prior to leaving St. Louis, Contos sold the promotion to Tom Packs, his nephew and assistant in the promotion. Packs’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Januarie 4, 1924.