Ken Zimmerman Jr.

At the end of 1905, Fred Beell stava viaggiando per l'America organizzando un incontro con l'ex campione americano di wrestling dei pesi massimi Tom Jenkins. Beell era un ex campione americano di wrestling dei pesi massimi che aveva sconfitto Frank Gotch in a “worked” partita a New Orleans nel mese di dicembre 1903. Ha perso il titolo contro Gotch poche settimane dopo. Lottatori capaci, Jenkins e Beell

Joe Stecher e John “Tiger Man” I Pesek erano principalmente lottatori legittimi “worked” epoca, dove gli incontri erano predeterminati a meno che qualcuno non decidesse di ingannare l'altro lottatore o promotore trasformando l'incontro in una gara legittima. Funzionavano solo i doppi giochi, se il lottatore potesse legittimamente vincere l'incontro. A John Pesek non piaceva la natura lavorata del wrestling e spesso si voltava

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, Il promotore di New York Jack Curley si è scontrato con il Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Campione del mondo di wrestling dei pesi massimi Ed “Strangler” Lewis e il lottatore / genio della promozione Joseph “Toots” Mondt. Il Trio ha controllato il campionato del mondo e ha congelato Curley per non prenotare il campione. Per vendicarsi del 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

Dicembre 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

Nel mese di gennaio 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” e 210 sterline, “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. Secondo,

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 on Thursday, Dicembre 14, 1922. Ormai, American professional wrestling outside of