史特徹與魯迪·杜塞克摔跤
在陣亡將士紀念日, 五月 30, 1925, 喬·斯切爾（Joe Stecher）在一場工作比賽中擊敗了斯坦尼斯勞斯·茲比斯科（Stanislaus Zbyszko） 1920. Stecher是一場陰謀的一部分，該陰謀付給Stanislaus Zbyszko在四月 1925.
Zbyszko在職業摔跤最著名的雙重交叉之一中合法擊敗了Munn. As part of the conspiracy, Zbyszko dropped the title to Joe Stecher in St. 路易, 密蘇里州.
Rudy Dusek applying a cross-body hold from the back on an unidentified bald wrestler (公共領域)
Joe Stecher made one of his first title defenses against Rudy Dusek in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 30, 1925. Stecher wrestled Dusek at the Southern Association Ball Park.
Dusek was the oldest brother in a wrestling family. Rudy Dusek eventually started promoting his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska in the 1930s. 在 1925, Dusek was still only a solid wrestler.
Joe Stecher 帶著他的冠軍腰帶 (公共領域)
Stecher and Dusek engaged in an hour and twenty minutes of back-and-forth wrestling. Dusek even stood up out of Stecher’s leg scissors in a seldom seen escape from the “Scissors King.”
Stecher applied another leg scissors at the one hour, twenty-minute mark. Stecher used the leg scissors and arm hold to pin Dusek at one hour, twenty-three minutes.
After the twenty minute intermission, Dusek claimed the leg scissors had injured his ribs forcing Dusek to concede the match to Stecher. Stecher reluctantly accepted the victory while praising Dusek to the newspaper reporters.
Dusek impressed more than Stecher. 湯姆·派克斯（Tom Packs）, 聖. Louis promoter, refereed the match. Packs told the newspaper reporters that he never considered Dusek a top-notch wrestler. 然而, Dusek’s showing against Stecher changed Packs’ mind.
Packs said he intended to book Dusek on future St. Louis cards. Packs did book Dusek in St. 路易在十一月 1925.
On the same day that Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Wayne “Big” Munn in Michigan for a version of the world title recognized in Michigan and Illinois. While the title would remain divided for the next three years, most fans and newspaper reporters recognized Joe Stecher as the actual world champion.
Stecher winning title matches with opponents like Rudy Dusek strengthened Stecher’s claim. How would Lewis answer?
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Sources: Tulsa World (Tulsa, 俄克拉荷馬州) 七月 1, 1925, P. 15
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