Ed Lewis
Ed Lewis was born in Wisconsin, United States on June 30th, 1891 and is the Wrestler. At the age of 75, Ed Lewis biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Julius Friedrich (1891–66), better known by the ring name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, was an American professional wrestler. Lewis was a four-time World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion during his four-decade career.
He was inducted as a charter member into the following hall of fames: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Professional Wrestling, George Tragos/Lou Thesz, and WWE's Legacy Wing.
Professional wrestling career
Friedrich was born in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, to German parents. He competed in amateur wrestling, basketball, and track. Friedrich will stop solely focusing on wrestling, having had success competing in local competitions against other farmers. Friedrich began wrestling at the age of 14, first in Louisville, Kentucky, partially in honor of 1890s singer Evan "Strangler" Lewis, but his parents would not know it was him. It was also stated in the A&E documentary The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling that he was dubbed the Strangler after a match in France where he used a sleeper hold, and the French, who were unaware of the hold, thought he was strangling his opponent.
He was the pivotal figure in the "Gold Dust Trio" series, as well as promoters Toots Mondt and Big Billy Sandow, a traveling road show that predated wrestling tours and which revolutionized professional wrestling by producing undercards instead of just one match shows. They also created the first professional wrestling script lines, as well as creating interlocking characters. Because of Lewis' legit abilities, the Trio could oust the title on whomever they desired, because Lewis had the ability to defy the script.
Lewis won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship on December 13, 1920, defeating Joe Stecher. Stecher is expected to be Lewis' biggest rival, both inside and out of the ring, with Stecher performing his own shows against the Gold Dust Trio, possibly the first commercial rivalry. Lewis and Stecher fought in one of the longest matches in professional wrestling history, where they fought for five and a half hours, ultimately ending in a draw. Their feud came to an end on April 15, 1925, when Gold Dust Trio and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko were asked to forfeit to Wayne Munn, the country's own handpicked champion, in an attempt to make Munn a household name. Zbyszko balked at the prospect of losing to an unskilled wrestler, and he reluctantly hopped to the Joe Stecher camp. Zbyszko double-crossed the Gold Dust Trio, using his knowledge of holds to gain a legit victory and, in the process, humiliate Munn. Lewis and Stecher eventually negotiated their differences and decided to do business with each other, with Stecher losing the world championship to Lewis on February 20, 1928.
Lewis and his partner, Billy Sandow, won the first professional wrestling match for Notre Dame All-American running back "Jumping Joe" Savoldi in 1931. Lewis was credited with teaching Savoldi in Los Angeles during the first half of 1931. He met Henri Deglane in May in a two-out-three falls match in Montreal after winning the AWA World Heavyweight Championship in April 1931. Deglane defeigned being bitten by Lewis, but he had been bit in the locker room. Deglane was awarded the title via disqualification, as well as a controversy over who was actually recognised as the champion over the next two years.
In 1933, one of the Strangler's most famous matches took place in Madison Square Garden. He was battling Ray Steele for the title. The two guys started circling each other, but there was no fighting, which made the fans bored. Lewis was eventually disqualified from the game by punching him twenty minutes into the match, which led to the referee to disqualify him twenty minutes into the game.
Lewis defeated Jim Londos at Wrigley Field on September 20, 1934, setting a new record gate of $96,302, which will remain unchanged until 1952.
In 1937, the Stranglers appeared in six competitions in New Zealand. He defeated Floyd Marshall, John Spellman, Glen Wade, and Rusty Wescoatt, as well as losing twice to the Canadian champion Earl McCready, who was then ranked as New Zealand's top wrestler. He appeared in 1936 in one of the first known legitimate wrestling tournaments, where wrestled Lee Wykoff wrestled. Lewis separated a clavicle during preparations but decided against going forward with the competition. The match came to a draw.
