Ken Zimmerman Jr.

Joseph “Toots” Mondt alipigana mieleka kitaaluma kuanzia mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1910 hadi 1930 lakini alijiwekea alama yake halisi kama mkabaji., wakala wa kuhifadhi na mtangazaji. Wakati Mh “Strangler” Lewis alimchukulia Mondt kuwa sawa katika mechi halali ya mieleka, Mondt ana kipaji cha kuunda pembe na anamaliza katika maonyesho ya mieleka yaliyofanya kazi. Mondt angejiunga na Lewis na meneja wake Billy Sandow

When discussing Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign from 1921 kwa 1922, the main reason given for taking the title from him was that his title reign was a box office failure. Do the numbers validate this belief? Prior to wining the championship, Zbyszko wrestled former champion Joe Stecher at the 71st Regiment Armory in front of 7,000 fans. In 1915, the

Joe Stecher alianza 1915, mwaka wa kutisha kwa kazi yake, kwa ushindi dhidi ya Adolph Ernst. Ernst alishindana kwa jina Otto Carpenter kwa mechi hii lakini alijulikana kwa mashabiki wa mieleka kama Ad Santel.. Santel alikuwa na sifa anayostahili ya kuwa mkatili “hooker”, mpiga mieleka mwenye ujuzi wa kuwasilisha. Stecher alikuwa Nebraskan mwenye umri wa miaka 22, aliyefanya

Bingwa wa Dunia wa Mieleka ya Uzito Mzito Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled hundreds of legitimate wrestling matches with Joseph “Toots” Mondt over the years. During conversations with his young protégé, Lou Thesz, Lewis said he only had to worry about losing to two wrestlers in his long career. Only Mondt and Stanislaus Zbyszko had a chance of defeating him in a legitimate contest. Moja

On Sunday, Desemba 14, 1924, “Big” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt in the main event of the wrestling card at the Kansas City, Missouri, Convention Hall. 10,000 fans showed up to cheer on Munn, a former college football player for the University of Nebraska. Munn was billed at 6’06”, which may have been an exaggeration but he was significantly

The biggest American pro wrestling match of the 19th Century occurred on April 21, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Martin “Mkulima” Burns. The 34-year-olds were both skilled with “kulabu” or submission holds making them the top of the food chain in legitimate professional wrestling. Lewis had been undisputed champion since 1893