Ken Zimmerman Jr.

Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 kiloa, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ maine liittyi vahvasti hänen pelättyihin

Huhtikuun 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” tulitikut. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling

Frank J. Quinn, paikallinen St. Louis asianajaja, toimi johtajana ammattipainijoille George Baptise, Charley Olson ja Fred Beell. Alunperin George Baptisten ihailija, joka oli legenda St. Louisin naapurustossa Cook- ja Vandeventer Avenues -kaduilla. Baptiste palkkasi Quinnin seimekseen ja myöhemmin asianajajaksi teltta- ja markiisiyhtiönsä. During his

Alkuvuodesta 1916, Räystäspääsky “Viljelijä” Burns, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns