Ken Zimmerman Jr.

At the end of 1905, Fred Beell Ameriketan bidaiatzen ari zen Tom Jenkins American Heavyweight Wrestling txapeldun ohiarekin partida bat iragartzen ari zen.. Beell American Heavyweight Wrestling txapeldun ohia izan zen Frank Gotch garaitu zuenean “worked” New Orleansen partida abenduan 1903. Gotch-en aurka galdu zuen titulua aste batzuk geroago. Borrokalari gaiak, Jenkins eta Beell

Joe Stecher eta John “Tigre Gizona” Pesek borrokalari legitimoak ziren nagusiki “worked” garaia, non partidak aurrez zehaztuta zeuden norbaitek beste borrokalaria edo sustatzailea bikoiztu egitea erabaki ezean, partida legezko lehia bihurtuz. Bikoitzak bakarrik funtzionatu zuten, borrokalariak partida legitimoki irabaziko balu. John Pesek ez zitzaion gustatzen borrokaren izaera lantsua eta askotan buelta ematen zuen

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

Urtean 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Munduko Heavyweight Borroka Txapelketa Ed “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

Abenduaren on 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but

Urtarrilean 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” eta 210 libera, “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. Second,

When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum ostegunean, Abendua 14, 1922. Une honetan, American professional wrestling outside of