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Apríl 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Á október 20, 1916, Ad Santel, þekktur „krókari“ eða hæfur uppgjafarglímumaður, met Taro
Hver er mesti lögmæti atvinnuglímumaðurinn til að glíma í Bandaríkjunum? How do
Willard “Villi Bill” Longson fæddist í Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 en eyddi mestum hluta fullorðinsárs síns í St. Louis, Missouri. Eftir að hafa byrjað feril sinn sem atvinnuglímumaður í 1931, Longson fann sig vinna fyrir Tom Packs í St. Louis. Hann fór eiginlega aldrei þar sem það yrði heimavöllur hans það sem eftir var
In a recent post, I wrote about Charles Green’s unsuccessful attempt to defeat Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1889. Ári síðar, Green had greater success with another American wrestling legend, Martin “Farmer” Burns. The soon-to-be 29-year-old Burns was an excellent wrestler but wasn’t yet on the level of Evan Lewis. Þó, he would have to be in the top 10
The Gold Dust Trio’s dominance of professional wrestling in the early to mid-1920s bred lots of resentment with other wrestlers and promoters. This professional jealousy led to a famous double-cross in 1925. From this time on, the world title was disputed as Joe Stecher held one version, while Ed “Strangler” Lewis held the other version. Due to the real resentment
The following excerpt is from my new book Double Crossing the Gold Dust Trio, which will be out this summer. During the summer (of 1921), the Zbyszko brothers received word that their mother was gravely ill. Making quick preparation, they let Curley and the other promoters know they would be leaving as soon as they could arrange passage on a
Charles Green, a skilled English catch-as-catch-can wrestler, traveled to the United States in the late 1880s to wrestle the best American wrestlers. Green got his opportunity on July 21, 1889, when he wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion Evan Lewis. To prepare for this match, Green took a handicap bout with journeyman wrestler Bert Scheller in late June. Scheller was born
Janúar 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg defended his AWA World Title, based in the Boston promotion of Paul Bowser, in Boston Arena against former world champion Joe Stecher. Two minutes of film survived from the hour-long match. Gus Sonnenberg traded on his celebrity as a professional football player to become a wrestling star. Sonnenberg helped the Providence Steam Roller win
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 “Strangler” Lewis, hans
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 og 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, Mars 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 sá Stanley Ketchel halda áfram hröðum hraða sínum í gegnum alla efstu bardagamennina í kringum millivigtarmörkin. Í mars 1909, Ketchel stóð frammi fyrir sjaldgæfa áskorun, þegar hann barðist við ríkjandi heimsmeistara í léttþungavigt Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. O'Brien var klókur boxari, sem notaði hraða sinn og fáránleika til að kýla Ketchel í fyrstu lotunum. Þrátt fyrir stærðarforskot O'Brien, Ketchel hvað