Ken Zimmerman Jr.

At the end of 1905, Fred Beell was traveling America hyping up a match with former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Beell was a former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion having defeated Frank Gotch in a “trabajado” match in New Orleans during December 1903. He lost the title back to Gotch a few weeks later. Capable wrestlers, Jenkins and Beell

Joe Stecher y John “Hombre tigre” Pesek eran luchadores legítimos principalmente “trabajado” era, donde los combates estaban predeterminados a menos que alguien decidiera traicionar al otro luchador o promotor convirtiendo el combate en un concurso legítimo. Las traiciones solo funcionaron, si el luchador pudiera legítimamente ganar el combate. John Pesek didn’t like the worked nature of wrestling and often turned

As the wrestler jumped off the mat, he grabbed the referee by the lapel with his good arm. “Why didn’t you stop it?” As Referee Siler tried to pull free, Duncan Ross’ seconds grabbed him and pulled him away. The men told Ross, “He can’t stop it. You have to submit.” Ross screamed, “I’m out of here.” As Ross walked

In 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Ed, campeón mundial de lucha libre de peso pesado “Strangler” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate

Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles

En diciembre 14, 1922, una multitud de 10,000 Los fanáticos llenaron el St.. Louis Coliseum para ver la revancha entre el actual campeón mundial de lucha libre Ed “Strangler” Lewis y el ex campeón Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “derrotado” Zbyszko por el título en Wichita, Kansas en marzo 1922. Desconocido para estos fanáticos, El plan era que Zbyszko perdiera el partido contra Lewis, pero

En enero 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” y 210 libras, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Segundo,

Cuando Billy Sandow y Ed Lewis decidieron que el reinado del título de Stanislaus Zbyszko se había quedado sin fuerza promocional, ellos decidieron “win” recuperar el título en marzo 1922. St. El promotor de Louis, John Contos, pudo asegurar la gran revancha., que ocurriría en el St.. Louis Coliseum el jueves, Diciembre 14, 1922. By this time, Lucha libre profesional estadounidense fuera de