William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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William Muldoonas, Pasaulio graikų-romėnų imtynių čempionas ir kūno kultūros šalininkas, atvyko į Los Andžele antradienį, Balandis 15, 1884 susiduria su vietos imtynininkas Fredas Bauer. Rungtynės įvyko vietos Turnvereine salėje Los Andžele. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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Epizodas 25 – McLaughlin vs. Ross

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/axyw2v/Episode_258ridr.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss an 1884 mixed styles match between J.H. McLaughlin and Duncan C. Ross. Update Shut Up and Wrestle Interview with Mike ChapmanWhy I normally don’t read other historians of the time frame that I study. Based on the interview, I am going to research two matches I viewed

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Šeštadienį, Lapkritis 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 protokolas. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. He used

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Epizodas 24 – Jim Browning

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fa8auy/Episode_247r7qx.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the career of unknown World Champion Jim Browning. Update I recently made thirteen of my non-fiction books available to bookstores and libraries in paperback. I hope you will see them in your local bookstore or library soon. Main Content While reading about the double-crosses of the early 1930s, Aš

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Lewisas šaudo su Steele

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Pirmadienį, Gruodis 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. After initially being allies in promotion, Jim Londos broke away from Jack Curley’s group in New York. To restore peace, the parties decided on a legitimate contest or “shoot” to settle the dispute. Joseph "Toots" Mondt

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Du šauliai dirba vienodai

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Antradienį, Gruodis 12, 1916, local favorite, Jonas “Nebraskos tigras” Pesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “DutchMantell, in a worked match. Pesek recently trained with fellow Nebraska wrestler and recognized World Champion Joe Stecher prior to this match. Pesek developed a notorious reputation for shooting with other wrestlers. Tačiau, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, when

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Epizodas 22 – Papildomas epizodas

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/spskyr/Episode_22b5y7p.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode, my cousin Dan and I discuss the evolution of pro wrestling since the late 1970s and its influence on our fandom. We agreed wrestling had to change because of the emergence of cable television. One of the wrestling companies was going to go national. Although they did not necessarily have to

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