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Cultaholic Wrestling

The Screw Job | Wrestling In The Twenties, Part 3

Cultaholic Wrestling

Cultaholic

Sports & Recreation, Aew, Wwe, Wrestling, Wwe Podcast, Sports, Wrestling Podcast

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Tom Campbell looks back to pro wrestling in the 1920s. In part three we look back at an infamous night in wrestling history that changed the Gold Dust Trio forever.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Roaring 20s.

0:05.0

Fancy a night on the town, then check out the professional wrestling action.

0:10.0

Live from the Chicago Coliseum.

0:13.0

Will Stadis El Sabisco tie Joe Zichmann up in 17,000 knots once again.

0:19.0

Can all-American Mike Grimato see off a challenge by Germany's Hermann Kutch.

0:24.3

And how will world champion Ed Strangler Lewis fair when he puts all the goal on the line

0:30.1

against world-renowned Jiuubitsu specialist Taiy-

0:33.6

answers to all these questions and more can be found on New Year's Day at the

0:38.5

Chicago Coliseum. You can buy the seat but you'll only need the edge.

0:44.0

The Gold Dust Trio were changing the wrestling world with their touring promotion at the beginning

0:49.8

of the 1920s.

0:52.2

Ed Stranger Lewis as champion at the top of the show. the maker they made for a fine triumvirate.

1:03.0

Three men who refuse to let the industry they love go quietly into the night

1:08.0

as a result of poor ticket sales and disinterest.

1:11.0

They curated the slam-bang Western style of wrestling, big

1:15.2

characters, long story lines, extravagant moves and big match finishes that were

1:21.2

clearly drawing the punters back. The irony that doubling

1:24.9

down on the fixed nature of pro wrestling was legitimising it with the fans. We talked

1:30.3

last time about how the proposed wrestler versus Boxer match that didn't happen

1:35.3

between Ed Lewis and Boxing Champ Jack Debse, actually saw the audience predicting victory

1:41.6

for the Strangler proving that wrestling was very much

1:46.2

cool again. I have followed every line of athletics and find that wrestling is the best bodybuilder and health

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