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Urtean 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Munduko Heavyweight Borroka Txapelketa Ed “Strangler” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate

Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles

Abenduaren on 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but

Urtarrilean 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” eta 210 libera, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Second,

When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum ostegunean, Abendua 14, 1922. Une honetan, American professional wrestling outside of

On Thursday, Azaroa 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-hilabete. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t

Yusuf Ismail Estatu Batuetan sei hilabetez bakarrik aritu zen borrokan lehen seihilekoan 1898. Bere lehen partida esanguratsuan, falta zital batengatik deskalifikatu zuten. Bere beste partida esanguratsu bakarrean, eman zion Evani “Strangler” Lewis bere bizitzako jipoia. Hala ere, Estatu Batuetan egindako bira laburra kondaira bihurtu zen. Ismail sartu zen

On a Thursday night, Azaroa 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 libera. Hala ere, Zbyszko

Joan den hilabeteko blog batean, Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard partida antolatzeko sustatzaileek izan zituzten zailtasunei buruz idatzi nuen. Hasiera batean Omaharako antolatu zen, Nebraska, Omahako Polizia Burua eta Polizia Komisarioa kezkatuta zeuden partida aldez aurretik antolatuta edo a “work”. Ez zuten nahi apustuzaleak erakusketan hartzea. Gertaera hori saihesteko, haiek

Frank Gotch, Humboldt abeletxean mutila, Iowa, garaitzeko litzateke George Hackenschmidt World Heavyweight Borroka txapelketa 1908. Garaipena hau eta bere ondorengo porrota “Hack” in the 1911 errebantxa zementatuta Gotch en lekua garai guztietako wrestlers handienetako bat bezala. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch