[1] In 1907 he began cycling professionally, however in 1910 he decided he wished to compete in amateur events and was required to stand down from athletic competitions for one year in order to qualify for them.

[21] In April he issued a challenge wagering twenty pounds that no light heavyweight wrestler in Australia could beat him in a catch-as-catch-can style best of three falls match.

[28] As the scheduled date approached Meeske delayed the match by a fortnight,[29] but by April it had still not taken place, with Kopsch stating he had not heard any news regarding it.

[53] In early August Meeske won a jiu-jitsu match against Billy Kopsch which was billed as a 'fight to the death' due to strangle holds being allowed.

[87] In October 1924 Meeske visited Brisbane, Queensland, to assist a team of amateur boxers and wrestlers and during his time there he trained for a match against Peter Limutkin.

[90] The match took place in late October and was attended by an estimated 2,000[91] or 3,000 people,[92] which Meeske regarded as less than he expected, although he felt there was potential for professional wrestling to gain popularity.

[93] American light-heavy champion wrestler Ted Thye visited Australia in late 1924 and Meeske was scheduled to wrestle him in Sydney in December although he needed to secure leave of absence from his position with Victorian Railways to make the trip.

[107] In March Walter Miller returned to Australia and Meeske was scheduled to be his first opponent, however Stadiums Ltd. instead booked Karasick to face Miller, resulting in Meeske expressing that he had been treated unfairly by the company, and as such he expressed his intention to move to America after wrestling Bill Dutton, who had challenged him in January,[108] and issuing a challenge to Peter Limutkin or Samuel Burmister.

[126] In October 1925 Meeske departed Australia for America with his wife on the ship Aorangi, and he was fare-welled by colleagues of the Railways Institute at an evening in his honor and given a travel rug by the South Melbourne Football Club upon his departure.

[129] As of November 1925 he had settled in Sioux City, Iowa, and won three wrestling matches there,[130] and despite his absence from the country he was still being reported as the Australian cruiserweight champion.

[154] By the end of June a title match between Meeske and the reigning heavyweight champion Clarence Weber had been scheduled for July 10, and there was an immediate heavy demand for bookings.

[155] Emphasis was placed on the fact Meeske had improved from their last bout by enhancing his technique in America in the leadup to the match,[156] although general sentiment was reportedly that Weber would retain the title.

Despite crowd expectations of rough behavior Meeske beat Weber cleanly with conventional wrestling to become heavyweight champion of Australia for the second time in his career.

[183] In April 1927 Meeske opened his year by wrestling Canadian champion Billy Edwards, billed as the roughest wrestler in the world,[184] and lost by appearing to be rendered unconscious by a headlock and carried from the ring.

[187] In late May Meeske wrestled Ted Thye and lost due to being pinned,[188] and while the match impressed some critics its clean nature and lack of brutality bored spectators.

[203] In January 1928 Meeske served as a referee for wrestling matches at the South Melbourne Carnival,[204] and toured performing a vaudeville act and feats of strength into February and March.

[221] In late December he wrestled in Perth again against English wrestler Henry Irslinger in a match billed as being for the light-heavyweight championship of the British Empire which he lost by being thrown from the ring.

[265] Meeske relocated to Rockhampton, Queensland, in May 1931 and early in the month he wrestled and beat Canadian Jack Savaloff in what was regarded as an extremely exciting match with good attendance.

[269] The first professional wrestling championship match to be held in Queensland was scheduled in Rockhampton between Savaloff and Meeske for the Australian cruiserweight belt in June 1931.

[285] In late November 1931 Stadiums Ltd. announced plans to arrange several wrestling matches due to a decline in their boxing events and Meeske was named as part of a team of wrestlers they intended to utilise,[286] and he returned to Australia in early December.

[303][304] In early May he wrestled in Brisbane again in a draw against Martin Bucht,[305] then a victory against Greek Con Grevas,[306] then beat Jack Higgins by disqualification prompting a post match brawl.

[320] He returned to Brisbane before the end of the month wrestling Martin Bucht in a match ruled a draw when the referee appeared to be knocked unconscious,[322] and the crowd invaded the ring.

[329] In early November he faced Burmister again and successfully defended the title,[330] and he closed the month losing to Englishman Krupps Miller in a non-title match.

[333] In January 1933 Meeske made appearances to perform vaudeville in Melbourne,[334] before returning to Brisbane to wrestle a draw against Ted Gill,[335] and another victory against Krupps Miller.

[349] On April 15 he wrestled Joe Dawson for the heavyweight championship in Brisbane and won regaining the title,[350] then went to New South Wales to promote a film of wrestlers active in Australia.

[365] At the end of June he defeated John Savelieff in Perth and the result was billed as Meeske retaining the heavyweight title although he had acknowledged Lurich's claim earlier in the month.

[366] In July he lost by disqualification Johnny Lewis, being billed as the heavyweight champion in promotion of the bout,[367] however they were heckled by the audience with the spectacle being noted as being poor quality.

[388] In January 1934 Meeske was invited to tour the United States by American wrestling promoters,[389] but instead opted to remain in Australia losing to King Elliott in Brisbane,[390] and defeating Whiskers Blake in what was billed as a title match for the heavyweight championship in Mackay that month.

[408] Meeske wrestled a draw against Sam Burmister at the end of April with the bout being halted by the police mid-way through after the referee appeared to be knocked unconscious.

[409] In May he defeated Joe Keatos,[410] and King Elliott,[411] and Lurich agreed to face Meeske in Brisbane in June but stated that it would not be a title match and the booking eventually fell through.