Editing Stanislaus Zbyszko (section)

==Championship controversy==
[[File:Ike Robin and Stanislaus Zbyszko (1926).jpg|thumb|alt=Black-and-white photograph of two men shaking hands in front of a grey wall|[[Ike Robin]] (right) and Stanislaus Zbyszko, still billed a world champion, shake hands before [[Professional wrestling in New Zealand#Early years (1900–1920s)|their 1926 bout]] in [[Auckland]], New Zealand.]]
By this time, the industry had begun a gradual shift towards ''[[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#work|works]]''; and Stanislaus Zbyszko was eventually recruited back to the U.S. by the "Gold Dust Trio" of [[Strangler Lewis]], [[Billy Sandow]], and [[Toots Mondt]]. Though now in his early 40s, Zbyszko was booked to defeat Lewis for the World Title on May 6, 1921; but his reign was ultimately a bust at the box office, and he relinquished the title back to Lewis on March 3, 1922. Around this time, a disagreement caused [[Joe Stecher]] to split from the Gold Dust Trio promotion, thus forming a separate wrestling faction. Zbyszko remained with the Trio, who were promoting ex-football player [[Wayne Munn]] as a charismatic new champion. In order to build up Munn's credibility, the Trio booked him to successfully defend the title against Zbyszko on April 15, 1925; however, Zbyszko had secretly accepted a payoff from Tony Stecher (Joe's brother/manager) to switch to their company. Consequently, Zbyszko betrayed the Trio by turning the match with Munn into a legitimate [[shoot (professional wrestling)|shoot]], pinning the non-wrestler again and again until the referee was forced to award the title to the 47-year-old veteran, who then dropped the title to Stecher a month later to complete the ploy. This was one of the last times a World Title changed hands legitimately; and the legacy of this conspiracy was momentous, as it would be decades before promoters would ever feel comfortable putting their title on a non-wrestler again, thus fueling the support for expert "hooker" [[Lou Thesz]] to serve as a champion throughout the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.