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Divided Championship

Ken Zimmerman Jr.

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Ken Zimmerman Jr.
Año de edición:
2025
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Biografía: deporte
ISBN:
9798256005276
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Everything you heard about the Divided Championship Era is WrongIn April 1925, Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Wayne 'Big' Munn legitimately beating Munn for the world title. On Memorial Day 1925, both men lost to their opponents.For the next two years and nine month, Ed 'Strangler' Lewis and Joe Stecher each claimed the world title. In one of the last legitimate contests in American professional wrestling, Lewis and Stecher settled the title claim for good.

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