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Evanas “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 svarų, 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’ reputation was strongly related to his feared

Balandžio 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” atitikmuo. 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, a local St. Louis attorney, served as the manager for professional wrestlers George Baptise, Charley Olson and Fred Beell. Originally an admirer of George Baptiste, who was a legend in the St. Louis neighborhood around Cook and Vandeventer Avenues. Baptiste would employ Quinn as his manger and later attorney for his tent and awning company. During his

In early 1916, Kregždė “Ūkininkas” Nudegimai, kuris treniravo ir vadovavo Frankui Gotchui patekti į pasaulio sunkiasvorių čempionatą, pradėjo neigti, kad sukūrė dabartinį Amerikos sunkaus svorio čempioną Joe Stecherį. Teiginys atrodė keistas, nes Burnsas keletą metų dirbo su Stecher. Burnsas padėjo paruošti Stecherį čempionato kovai su Charlie Cutleriu 1915. Tam tikra prasme, kas Burns