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Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
Joseph “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Strangler” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow
Minn tard 1921 li 1923, John Contos ippromwova l-lotta professjonali f’St. Louis, Missouri. Madankollu, Contos iddeċieda li jħalli l-promozzjoni biex jiffoka fuq il-ġestjoni tal-karriera tal-istilla li qed tibdid Dan Kolov. Qabel ma titlaq minn St. Louis, Contos biegħ il-promozzjoni lil Tom Packs, in-neputi u l-assistent tiegħu fil-promozzjoni. Pakketti’ l-ewwel karta kienet skedata għall-Ġimgħa, Jannar 4, 1924.
Meta tiddiskuti renju tat-titlu ta 'Stanislaus Zbyszko minn 1921 li 1922, ir-raġuni ewlenija li ngħatat biex ħa t-titlu mingħandu kienet li r-renju tat-titlu tiegħu kien falliment fil-box office. In-numri jivvalidaw dan it-twemmin? Qabel ir-rebħ tal-kampjonat, Zbyszko wrestled ex champion Joe Stecher fil-71 Regiment Armory quddiem 7,000 fans. Fil 1915, l-
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
Champion tad-Dinja tal-Lotta Heavyweight Ed “Strangler” Lewis ġġieled mijiet ta’ logħbiet leġittimi ta’ lotta ma’ Joseph “Toots” Mondt matul is-snin. Waqt konversazzjonijiet mal-protejat żagħżugħ tiegħu, Lou Thesz, Lewis qal li fil-karriera twila tiegħu kellu biss jinkwieta li jitlef kontra żewġ wrestlers. Mondt u Stanislaus Zbyszko biss kellhom iċ-ċans li jegħlbuh f'kompetizzjoni leġittima. Wieħed
On Sunday, Diċembru 14, 1924, “Big” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt fl-avveniment ewlieni tal-karta tal-lotta fil-Kansas City, Missouri, Sala tal-Konvenzjoni. 10,000 il-partitarji dehru jferrħu lil Munn, eks plejer tal-futbol tal-kulleġġ għall-Università ta’ Nebraska. Munn ġie fatturat għal 6’06”, li setgħet kienet esaġerazzjoni imma kien b’mod sinifikanti
L-akbar logħba tal-lotta professjonali Amerikana tas-Seklu 19 seħħet f’April 21, 1895 f'Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis iddefenda l-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight tiegħu kontra Martin “Farmer” Burns. Iż-żgħażagħ ta’ 34 sena kienu t-tnejn tas-sengħa “ganċijiet” jew istivi sottomissjoni jagħmluhom il-quċċata tal-katina alimentari fil-lotta professjonali leġittimu. Lewis kien ilu champion bla dubju minn dakinhar 1893
Dwar April 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, f'Chicago, Illinois for his title. Il-partitarji qiesu lil Mahmout bħala sfidant iebes primarjament għax ma kinux raw lilu jissieltu. Emil Klank, Il-maniġer ta’ Gotch, kkonvinċa lottaturi barranin b'reputazzjoni tajba bħal Mahmout u Stanislaus Zbyszko biex jivvjaġġaw lejn l-Amerika biex jisfidaw lil Gotch. Fannijiet
Wara li żżewweġ lil martu Gladys u għeleb it-tieni darba lil Georg Hackenschmidt, it-tnejn fil 1911, Iċ-Champion Dinji tal-Lotta tal-Piż Tqil Frank Gotch beda jissieltu skeda aktar limitata. Martu Gladys ma kinitx dilettanta kbira tal-lotta u riedet li r-raġel il-ġdid tagħha jqatta’ aktar ħin id-dar f’Humboldt, Iowa. Fid-dinja tal-lotta dak iż-żmien,
Fuq Mejju 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American