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Fil 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Champion tad-Dinja tal-Lotta Heavyweight 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

Fuq Diċembru 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

In January 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” u 210 liri, “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. Tieni,

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 nhar il-Ħamis, Diċembru 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of

Nhar il-Ħamis, Novembru 22, 1923, St. Il-promotur ta’ Louis John Contos laqa’ karta kontroversjali kkompletata minn partita bejn Joe Stecher u Dan Kolov, wrestler Bulgaru li ġej u ġej. Il-karta kienet koperta minn John E. Wray, l-Editur Sportiv għas-St. Louis Post-Dispaċċ. Il-karta kienet kontroversjali minħabba li tnejn mill-akbar stilel fil-lotta ġew reklamati iżda le

Yusuf Ismail ġġieled fl-Istati Uniti biss għal sitt xhur fl-ewwel nofs ta ' 1898. Fl-ewwel logħba sinifikanti tiegħu, huwa ġie skwalifikat għal fawl vizzjuż. Fl-unika logħba oħra sinifikanti tiegħu, huwa ta lil Evan “Strangler” Lewis is-swat ta ’ħajtu. Madankollu l-mawra qasira tiegħu fl-Istati Uniti għamlitu leġġenda. Ismail daħal fil -

Fuq lejl il-Ħamis, Novembru 25, 1909, Wrestling Dinja Champion Frank Gotch sodisfatti Wrestling Pollakk Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko għal taqbila żvantaġġ fil Buffalo, New York. Gotch qablu li jitlef il-bout jekk hu ma setax tarmi Zbyszko darbtejn fis-siegħa. Daqs u saħħa Zbyszko ħolqu problemi għall Gotch, li jintiżnu 190 liri biex l Zbyszko 260 liri. Madankollu, Zbyszko

Fil-blog post ix-xahar li għadda, Ktibt dwar id-diffikultà li kellhom il-promoturi biex itellgħu l-partita Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard. Oriġinarjament skedat għal Omaha, Nebraska, il-Kap tal-Pulizija ta ’Omaha u l-Kummissarju tal-Pulizija kienu mħassba dwar il-partita li ġiet organizzata minn qabel jew “work”. Huma ma ridux li l-lagħba jittieħdu mill-wirja. Biex tevita din l-okkorrenza, huma

Frank Gotch, l-boy razzett minn Humboldt, Iowa, itellef George Hackenschmidt għall-Kampjonat World Wrestling Heavyweight fl 1908. Dan ir-rebħa u telfa sussegwenti tiegħu ta ' “Hack” fil- 1911 rematch kkonsolidati post Gotch bħala wieħed mill-akbar wrestlers ta 'kull żmien. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch