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This story is pretty wild, Dick Shikat faced Danno Mahoney in Madison Square Garden on March 2, 1936 for the world title and started shooting on him right from the beginning of the match
Mahoney kept going out of the ring to try and escape but back in those days a count out or a DQ was a title loss so he had no choice but to go back in the ring to try and fight
Finally Mahoney had enough and verbally submitted twice to an arm lock but the referee refused to ring the bell
Shikat told the ref he was gonna break Mahoney's arm legit if the ref didnt stop the match so the ref made Mahoney yell I quit loud enough for the whole crowd to hear and then he rang the bell
Heres a quick little 15 second news clip of the finish, I think this is the first time a legit screwjob was caught on tape
Some might say it’s the only time a legit screw job has been caught on tape