Wladek Zbyszko neeg ntaus Strangler Title

Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 22, 1919, Ed “Strangler” Lewis ntsib Wladek Zbyszko rau tus tsis muaj ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Nyob rau hauv ib lub yeej surprise, Zbyszko tua yeej Lewis siv lub npe. Hmoov tsis txog Wladek Zbyszko, nws tsuas xav tau ib khob kas fes nrog siv. Ib lub hlis los yog ob tug tom qab, Zbyszko ploj lub npe kom Joe Stetcher.

No match txawm yuav muaj ib “ua haujlwm” qab hau lub sij hawm yog prearranged. Pib nrog rau lub New York Wrestling kev sib tw nyob rau hauv 1915, tseeb qhov yuam kev los yog “yub” los ua feem coob tus tshaj plaws rau cov yav tag los. Traditional competitive wrestling was boring the audience, who started staying away from the matches. Tus 1915 kev sib tw mus ua qhov kev ua si nawv ntawm spectacle nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev los mus ua kos qab tus kiv cua.

Ed “Strangler” Tej zaum yuav Lewis cia Zbyszko yeej ntais ntawv. Lou Thesz, Verne Gagne thiab Gene LeBell tag nrho hais tias Lewis kuj tsis tau raug ntaus ntshe nws pub nws mus ntxiv ib zaj dabneeg kab. Lewis was part of the promotional “Goldust Trio” with Joseph “Toots” Mondt thiab Billy Sandow.

Lewis would drop the belt occasionally to build anticipation for rematches and make Lewis look beatable. They never worried about dropping the belt because the trio knew Lewis could win it back anytime he felt like it.

Nyob rau hauv 1920, Joe Stecher did not want to lose the belt, yog li Lewis tsuas tua yeej real rau nws thiab muab lub npe. Lewis then dropped the belt to an upcoming wrestling star, or in Stanislaus Zbyszko’s case, an old but capable lion. Wladek’s older brother was the better wrestler of the Zbyszko brothers.

Lewis wrestled nyob rau hauv lawm 6,000 qhov yuam kev poob xwb 20 or so matches, which he lost on purpose. Ring historians and most professional wrestlers consider him to be the greatest actual wrestler in professional wrestling history although a handful will say Frank Gotch was better.

Wladek Zbyszko yog tsis nto moo li raws li nws tus tij laug Stanislaus, who was twelve years older than Wladek. Wladek Zbyszko yug Wladyslaw Cyganiewicz rau lub kaum ib hlis 20, 1891 nyob Poland.

Wladek Zbyszko raws li nws tus tij laug uas nws tau thov ib version lub ntiaj teb ntseeg nyob Miskas 1917. Wladek would briefly hold the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship two more times in 1918 thiab 1919. Thaum Wladek tau tau zus ib lub ntiaj teb rau nws tus kheej txoj cai, nws yeej tsis attained stardom cov kev tij laug Stanislaus.

Thaum Wladek tau kaum ob xyoos uas yau, xwb nws outlived hom kab mob nws tij laug yog ib xyoos. Wladek Zbyszko tuag rau lub rau hli ntuj 10, 1968 tom 76 xyoo.

Yog hais tias koj xav tau no ncej, thov koj nyob dawb kom muab nws qhia rau lwm tus neeg uas koj xav tias tej zaum yuav txaus siab rau nws los txhaj rau lub pob qhia tawm rau hauv qab ntawm tus ncej. Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.

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