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Joe Stecher made his professional wrestling debut in late 1912 or early 1913. Stecher proved to be a dangerous professional from the beginning of his career. Martin “Farmer” Burns, the storied wrestler and trainer, brought one of his proteges, Yussiff Hussane, to test Stecher in a legitimate contest during June 1913. Burns and most followers of the sport expected Hussane
V torek, Oktober 21, 1913, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defended his newly won American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against William Demetral. Lewis wrestled Demetral at Lexington’s Auditorium on a mat instead of a ring. The mat setup played a role in the finish of the match. Promoter Jerry Walls placed a mat on the elevated stage, a common setup before the widespread
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rsq65p/Episode_88jy4q.mp3Podcast: Predvajaj v novem oknu | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, I will be talking about the development of the promotional system in the 1910s and early 1920s. Update Update on the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship book project due out before Christmas this year. This project is much bigger than I imagined. Wrestlers worked more of the matches than I
Dan McLeod je oktobra premagal Martina "Farmerja" Burnsa za naslov ameriškega prvaka v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji 1897. McLeod je imel prvenstvo štiri leta, dokler ni srečal najtežjega nasprotnika Franka Gotcha, Tom Jenkins. In early 1899, McLeod je v Minnesoti nekaj ubranil naslova. On February 24, 1899, McLeod se je boril s St. Louis srednji rokoborski prvak George Baptiste v dvorani Conover spredaj
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qj6w7e/Episode_7859w1.mp3Podcast: Predvajaj v novem oknu | DownloadIn this episode, moj novi sovoditelj in najmlajši sin, Caleb Zimmerman, se pridruži podcastu. Razpravljamo o nedavnih spremembah pri World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in prvi pozitivni znaki nove vodstvene ekipe. Glavna tema oddaje je Čudo v maskah in 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament. Sam Rachmann je promoviral turnir,
Profesionalna rokoborba se je iz zakonitih tekmovanj razvila v atletsko razstavo iz dveh razlogov. I have written extensively about the first reason. Legitimate contests between equally skilled wrestlers were often long, boring affairs with little action. These contests turned off fans and prevented professional wrestling exploding as a spectator sport. I have not written as much about the second reason. The
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7s9rgj/Episode_6b9zva.mp3Podcast: Predvajaj v novem oknu | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about a pair of worked title matches for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Main Content Fred Beell was a strong, nadarjen profesionalni rokoborec na prelomu 20. stoletja. Čeprav močno grajen, Beell stood no more than 5’05” and weighed 168 funtov. Še, he improbably defeated
Ponedeljek, Marec 26, 1888, Joe Acton, who specialized in catch wrestling, wrestled Professor William Miller, an Australian wrestler, and bare-knuckle prizefighter, in a two-out-of-three-falls Greco-Roman wrestling match. Both men’s camps believed wrestling the match in this style ensured the fairest contest between them. The men wrestled for $500.00 a side. 1,500 fans, a large crowd for the era, turned
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Predvajaj v novem oknu | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about some of the wild claims fans, wrestlers and wrestling historians make about professional wrestling matches. Update I recently discovered that before Mildred Burke was even born, wrestling fans and reporters recognized Cora Livingston as the first women’s wrestling champion. Cora learned to wrestle in the carnivals.
Prior to wrestling in Kentucky in the early 1910s, wrestling fans knew Ed “Strangler” Lewis as Bob Fredrichs. Born Robert Friedrich in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis made his professional wrestling debut in 1905, while still only 14 stara leta. Kentucky promoters thought Bob Fredrichs too plain, so Lewis chose his new name as an homage to fellow Wisconsin native and original