Showing posts with label Ed Strangler Lewis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ed Strangler Lewis. Show all posts
December 2, 2016

The 1925 Match That Ensured Pro Wrestling's Future Would Be Fixed

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It was 1925, and pro wrestling was big business. A throng of fans had packed themselves into a Kansas City convention hall, expecting to se...
July 4, 2016

Century ago, Stecher-Lewis wrestling match had a stranglehold on Omaha, but disappointed most

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Column by Stu Pospisil / World-Herald staff writer Imagine sitting in a temporary wooden grandstand on the Fourth of July, watching two...
April 2, 2016

WWE Launches Legacy Hall Of Fame

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As seen at the Hall of Fame tonight, WWE launched a new wing - the WWE Legacy Hall of Fame. The 2016 inductees are Ed "The Strangler...
March 30, 2016

Details on WWE Adding the “Legacy Award” to the WWE Hall of Fame This Year

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WWE posted a graphic in its online store advertising the “Legacy Award” at this year’s Hall of Fame ceremony. The graphic lists seven pro ...
October 21, 2015

This Day In Wrestling History

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Mayor Bosse and the Sheriff of Evansville, IN confiscate the $2,756 in ticket sales from the previous night's match on the basis that th...
February 20, 2013

This Day In Wrestling History

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Ed "Strangler" Lewis defeats Joe "Scissors" Stecher to finally unify the World championship in St. Louis, Missouri. Le...
November 26, 2012

This Day In Wresatling History

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After yet another "retirement," Frank Gotch returns to action defeating Carl Hammerschmidt in Minneapolis. November 26, 1912 C...
November 3, 2012

This Day In Wrestling History

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Joe Stecher defeats Ed "Strangler" Lewis in a tournament match designed to crown an undisputed World Champion in New York City. ...
July 25, 2012

This Day in Wrestling History

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The Wilwaukee Journal says this about Ed "Strangler" Lewis: "...Lewis...who with Joe Stecher is the logical claimant of worl...