Ken Zimmerman Jr.

William Muldoon, Wrestling mistrz świata grecko-rzymskiego i propagator kultury fizycznej, przybył do Los Angeles we wtorek, Kwiecień 15, 1884 zmierzyć się z lokalnym zapaśnik Fred Bauer. Mecz odbył się na miejscowym Turnvereine Hall w Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

W sobotę, Listopad 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 protokół. 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

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

W poniedziałek, Grudzień 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. Josepha „Tootsa” Mondta

We wtorek, Grudzień 12, 1916, local favorite, John “Tygrys z Nebraski” Pesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “Dutch” Mantell, 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. Jednak, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, when