Setan Kecil Bergusti Tom Cannon

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Pada hari lahir Joe Acton yang ke-33, Mac 8, 1885, dia bergelut dengan rakan senegaranya Tom Cannon dalam perlawanan 2-dari-3-jatuh di Sportsman Park di New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton dan Cannon mempunyai sejarah yang panjang bersama. Kedua-dua lelaki itu dilahirkan di England pada awal 1952. Cannon dilahirkan lewat sebulan daripada Acton pada April 19, 1852. Kedua-dua lelaki mula bergelut dalam

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“Toots” Mondt Terluka 1922

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Joseph “Toots” Mondt bergelut secara profesional dari awal 1910-an hingga 1930-an tetapi dia membuat tanda sebenar sebagai penempah, ejen tempahan dan penganjur. Sementara Ed “Strangler” Lewis menganggap Mondt setaraf dalam pertandingan gusti yang sah, Mondt mempunyai kecerdasan untuk mencipta sudut dan kemasan dalam pameran gusti yang berjaya. Mondt akan menyertai Lewis dan pengurusnya Billy Sandow

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Taro Miyake Wrestles di St. Louis

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Dari lewat 1921 kepada 1923, John Contos mempromosikan gusti profesional di St. Louis, Missouri. Walau bagaimanapun, Contos memutuskan untuk meninggalkan promosi untuk memberi tumpuan kepada pengurusan kerjaya bintang tunas Dan Kolov. Sebelum meninggalkan St. Louis, Contos menjual promosi kepada Tom Packs, anak saudara dan pembantunya dalam kenaikan pangkat. Pek’ kad pertama dijadualkan pada hari Jumaat, Januari 4, 1924.

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Box Office Bust?

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Apabila membincangkan tajuk pemerintahan Stanislaus Zbyszko dari 1921 kepada 1922, sebab utama yang diberikan untuk mengambil gelaran daripadanya adalah bahawa gelarannya adalah kegagalan box office. Adakah nombor mengesahkan kepercayaan ini? Sebelum memenangi kejuaraan, Zbyszko bergelut dengan bekas juara Joe Stecher di Gudang Senjata Rejimen ke-71 di hadapan 7,000 fans. Dalam 1915, the

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Joe Stecher Beats Ad Santel

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Joe Stecher started out 1915, a fateful year for his career, with a victory over Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled under the name Otto Carpenter for this match but was known to professional wrestling fans as Ad Santel. Santel had a deserved reputation for being a vicious “hooker”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made

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Lewis Wrestles Mondt in Kansas City

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Juara Wrestling Heavyweight Dunia Ed “StranglerLewis wrestled hundreds of legitimate wrestling matches with Joseph “Toots” Mondt over the years. During conversations with his young protégé, Lou Thesz, Lewis said he only had to worry about losing to two wrestlers in his long career. Only Mondt and Stanislaus Zbyszko had a chance of defeating him in a legitimate contest. One

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Prepping Munn for Lewis

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On Sunday, Disember 14, 1924, “Besar” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt in the main event of the wrestling card at the Kansas City, Missouri, Convention Hall. 10,000 fans showed up to cheer on Munn, a former college football player for the University of Nebraska. Munn was billed at 6’06”, which may have been an exaggeration but he was significantly

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Farmer Burns Battles Evan Lewis

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The biggest American pro wrestling match of the 19th Century occurred on April 21, 1895 di Chicago, Illinois. Evan “StranglerLewis defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Martin “Petani” Burns. The 34-year-olds were both skilled withhooksor submission holds making them the top of the food chain in legitimate professional wrestling. Lewis had been undisputed champion since 1893

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Gotch Bests Bulgarian

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Pada April 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, di Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans considered Mahmout a tough challenger primarily because they had not seen him wrestle. Emil Klank, Gotch’s manager, convinced foreign wrestlers with good reputations like Mahmout and Stanislaus Zbyszko to travel to America to challenge Gotch. Fans

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Gotch Patah Kaki

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Selepas berkahwin dengan isterinya Gladys dan mengalahkan Georg Hackenschmidt buat kali kedua, kedua-duanya dalam 1911, Juara Gusti Kelas Berat Dunia Frank Gotch mula bergelut dengan jadual yang lebih terhad. Isterinya Gladys bukan peminat tegar gusti dan mahu suami baharunya menghabiskan lebih banyak masa di rumah di Humboldt, Iowa. Dalam dunia gusti ketika itu,

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