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Gus Sonnenberg (c) vs Marin Plestina AWA World Heavyweight Title May 28, 1929 Boston, MA "Wrestling Champion" Related
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Gus Sonnenberg vs Howard Cantonwine February 3, 1929 New York, NY "Gus Sonnenberg versus Howard Cantonwine" https://mirc.sc.edu/islandora/object/usc%3A19660 Related
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Ed Strangler Lewis (c) vs Gus Sonnenberg World Heavyweight Championship January 4, 1929 "1928 Ed Strangler Lewis and Gus Sonnenberg Wrestling Championship" Related
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Gus Sonnenberg (c) vs Joe Malcewicz AWA World Heavyweight Championship March 15, 1929 "Sonnenberg versus Malcewicz" http://mirc.sc.edu/islandora/object/usc%3A19666 Related ---------- Great to see these guys actually working holds instead of just the all-action highlights you usually get with matches from this era. I remember reading the thing that spurred on the creation of the modern working style wasn't the slow mat-work but audiences not liking the standing Greco-Roman stuff. If that's true, this match gives a nice call back to those days with them putting a lot more time and struggle in the collar-and-elbow tie-ups than we're used to seeing, and I loved that as someone who hates seeing guys treating those tie-ups as a mere formality. The mat stuff also looks cool and shooty with guys looking for submissions. Feels like a proto-shoot style match, just without the strikes.
