Joseph “Toots” Mondt had a wildly successful in-ring career in the early 1920s, but he may be remembered best for co-promoting the company that became WWE. Mondt began his pro wrestling career in 1912 ...
If you enjoy big, sweaty men in flamboyant costumes flying everywhere in rough choreographed mayhem, you have “Toots” Mondt (1894-1976), a farm boy from the Greeley area, to thank. The year was 1910, ...
Professional wrestling in the USA (and, therefore, in Europe, Mexico and Japan by proxy) owes a significant debt to the Gold Dust Trio, the cartel that transformed the way the industry did business ...
When you think about WWE, what it is, what it was, and where it came from, there's one name you think of... McMahon. Jess McMahon helped found it all, and when he passed away, it was his son, Vincent ...
Russo recently discussed the importance of Toots Mondt and his contributions to the pro-wrestling business, while talking about this year's Hall of Fame inductees. According to the former WWE writer, ...
The world of professional wrestling got its start in the 1800s, but the genesis of what we see today in the world of sports entertainment has its origins in the 1920s, when Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Toots ...
The legacy of WWE stretches back seventy years, and if you consider Capitol Wrestling Corporation co-founder Toots Mondt, who was trained by Farmer Burns himself and created the style we more as less ...