William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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William Muldoon, the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion and physical culture proponent, came to Los Angeles on Tuesday, Prill 15, 1884 to face the local wrestler Fred Bauer. The match took place at the local Turnvereine Hall in Los Angeles. 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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Tom Allen Shoots Patron

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Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Prapa

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Episod 25 – McLaughlin vs. Ross

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/axyw2v/Episode_258ridr.mp3Podcast: Luaj në dritare të re | DownloadIn this episode, diskutojmë një 1884 ndeshje e stileve të përziera mes J.H. McLaughlin dhe Duncan C. Ross. Përditëso Intervistën Shut Up dhe Wrestle me Mike Chapman – Pse normalisht nuk lexoj historianë të tjerë të kohës që studioj. Bazuar në intervistën, Unë do të hulumtoj dy ndeshje që kam parë

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Të shtunën, Nëntor 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minuta. 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 i pushtuar

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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 mori pjesë në disa gara legjitime me praktikuesit japonezë jujitsu. Ai përdori

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Episod 24 – Jim Browning

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fa8auy/Episode_247r7qx.mp3Podcast: Luaj në dritare të re | 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, Unë

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Lewis gjuan me Steele

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Të hënën, Dhjetor 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. Pasi fillimisht ishin aleatë në promovim, Jim Londos u shkëput nga grupi i Jack Curley në Nju Jork. Për të rivendosur paqen, palët vendosën për një kontest legjitim ose "qëllim" për të zgjidhur mosmarrëveshjen. Joseph "Toots" Mondt

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Dy revole punojnë në një ndeshje

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Të martën, Dhjetor 12, 1916, local favorite, Nevojtore “The Nebraska TigermanPesek wrestled fellow shooter, AlDutchMantell, 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. Megjithatë, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, kur

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Episod 22 – Episodi bonus

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/spskyr/Episode_22b5y7p.mp3Podcast: Luaj në dritare të re | 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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