Loss Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethantyler Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 2 short clips of this match from different angles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ygARM5ViE0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7qm3xGevNQ Full card: https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=115127 The short clips do a surprisingly good job of illustrating the psychology of the match. Gus Sonnenberg, the new star champion with his football background, has the devastating flying tackle (aka the spear, the first real striking attack that got super over in pro wrestling and changed the game for ever more). Joe Stecher, the star of yesterday, is a "real" wrestler who wants to take the action down to the mat and work the body. Aiming to finish with his devastating body scissors. Stecher is one of the greatest of all time but it made sense for him to put Sonnenberg over here. Stecher was the top guy in the business from 1915-20 and again from 1925-28. He retired after losing the world title to Ed Lewis in 1928 but was forced to return after the financial pain inflicted on his farm by the 1929 great depression. He returned to a business focused on creating new stars. Sonnenberg being one of them. He had beaten Lewis for the world title in 1929 and was the top drawing star in the business for that year. A victory over a former great in Stecher, a guy who was the world champ just 2 years ago, would keep his strong run going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 Stretcher hits a pretty smooth counter on one of Sonnenberg's tackles to take his back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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