“Toots” Mondt Dies hauv St. Louis
Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 11, 1976, Yos Xes “Toots” Mondt tuag enroute rau Christian Northeast tsev kho mob nyob rau sab qaum teb St. Louis County. Mondt twb nyuam qhuav txav los rau St. Louis hauv 1969 Pab saib xyuas nws tus poj niam Alda niam. Tom qab nws niam tuag nyob rau hauv 1971, Tus Mondts txiav txim siab nyob hauv St. Louis, Qhov twg Alda twb tau yug thiab tsa ceg.
Mondt yog ib daim duab legendary hauv American kev wrestling tab sis los ntawm 1976 Nws yuav tsis tau ib lub npe rau wrestling kiv cua. Txij thaum ntxov 1930s thaum ntxov, Tus one-time policeman rau Ed “Strangler” Lewis muaj feem ntau ua hauj lwm qab lub scenes hauv booking chaw ua hauj lwm thiab promotions.
Mondt nkaus tus thawj tswj Billy Sandow thiab ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Lewis hauv 1923 tsim cov kub Dust Trio. Tus Trio yuav dominate wrestling hauv lub mus-1920s nrog Mondt muab daim credit hloov lub in-ring wrestling rau ib exciting spectator-tus phooj ywg style. luv luv, Exciting qhov yuam kev coj mus loj rooj vag thiab ib hmoov zoo rau cov kub Dust Trio.
Tom qab kub plua plav Trio rhuav hauv 1928, Mondt yuav tau koom tes nrog kev txhawb wrestling nyob New York City. Mondt kuj tsim ib booking chaw ua hauj lwm nyob New York, Uas pub nws mus nyiaj txais wrestlers rau lwm promoters. Mondt tus khoom plig lent lawv tus kheej rau booking, Qhov twg Mondt yuav tsis tsuas xa wrestlers rau lwm promoters, tiam sis yuav feem ntau tuaj nrog lub ces kaum, feuds thiab match finishes thiab.
Mondt yuav mus Los Angeles hauv lub 1940s ua ntej rov qab mus New York hauv lub 1950s. Nyob New York rau lub sij hawm ob, Nws yuav pab Vincent J. McMahon nrog lub tsev mus rau northeastern teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas chaw uas zoo heev hu ua lub ntiaj teb dav Wrestling Federations (WWWF).
Mondt puas tau muaj ib lub koob npe nrov controversial. Mondt yog ib tug txiv neej poor payoff. Vim Mondt tus qhia gambling cwj pwm, wrestlers ntau wrestlers, Leej twg ua haujlwm rau nws lub sij hawm sib txawv li Lou Thesz thiab Don Leo Jonathan, Ntseeg tau tias Mondt yog nyiag tej cov payoff nyiaj los ntawm nws wrestlers.
Mondt muaj kuj tau barred rau ob peb lub hlis nyob rau hauv 1931 Rau sim bribe ib referee rau ob-ntoo khaub lig tam sim no tau zus ib Jim Londos. Mondt kuj txawm nta hlo xovxwm phem rau kom ib championship belt nyiaj txais rau nws los ntawm ib tug tuag wrestler.
Thaum lub caij 1960s, Mondt nyob hauv nws 70s thaum ntxov thiab nkees ntawm lub wrestling wars. Nws muag nws shares hauv WWWF rau nws lwm tus neeg thiab tshuav rau St. Louis nrog nws tus poj niam.
Thaum lub Colorado-yug Mondt tsis muaj kev twb kev txuas rau lub nroog, Nws tseem yog ib tug hotbed rau kev wrestling. Mondt yog zoo acquainted nrog St. Louis promoter Sam Muchnick. Nws yuav muaj noj su nrog nws cov phooj ywg laus ob peb zaug ib lub lis piam. Mondt seemed txaus siab rau nws laus xyoo hauv St. Louis.
Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 1976, Mondt ntes tau mob ntsws dej. Mondt fought nyuaj tab sis thaum 82 xyoo thiab ntau mais ntawm nws lub cev, Tus kab mob no twb tau outlast nws. Mondt heev mob heev li waking ntawm nws chav tsev rau lub rau hli ntuj 11th. Ua ntej lub tsheb tos neeg mob yuav tau txais nws mus rau lub tsev kho mob, Mondt expired rau txoj kev.
Tom qab nws pam tuag ntawm peb poj niam zoo Counsel lub tsev teev ntuj, Mondt yog interred ntawm Calvary Cemetery hauv St. Louis, Missouri. Lub xeem ntawm tus kub Dust Trio yog nteg so.
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Qhov chaw: St. Louis Dispatch tom qab, Lub ob hlis ntuj 1, 1976 ib tsab, p. 38 thiab lub rau hli ntuj 12, 1976 ib tsab, p. 5