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Scríobh mé an Fall Guys san am atá caite: Is foinse fhadhbach é The Barnums of Preab le Marcus Griffin. Cé go bhfuil eolas ón taobh istigh ag Griffin mar gheall ar a thréimhse in oifig ardú céime Buffalo sna 1930í, scríobh sé an leabhar ar mhaithe le díoltas a dhéanamh ar na tionscnóirí a scaoil é. Tá eolas fíorasach sa leabhar measctha le suimiúil
Tá an t-idirdhealú ag James Hiram McLaughlin mar an chéad wrestler gairmiúil Meiriceánach. Le linn do dhaoine wrestled go proifisiúnta roimh McLaughlin, bhí sé ar an gcéad duine a ghnóthaigh slí bheatha ghairmiúil as wrestling. Thosaigh McLaughlin ag troid go proifisiúnta i 1860 ag 16 bliana d’aois ach chuir an Cogadh Cathartha isteach ar a ghairm bheatha ar feadh cúpla bliain. Thosaigh McLaughlin ag wrestling arís i 1866. De réir 1877,
In the early 1920s, Thosaigh Christos Theofilou ag wrestling mar Jim Londos tar éis roinnt blianta mar an gimmicky “Plástar Wrestling”. Is dócha nár thuig Londos gurbh é an t-athrú ainm an chéad chéim chun é a bheith ar an tarraingt is mó d’oifigí na dticéad i gcorcaíocht ghairmiúil na 1930idí.. Ba é an dara céim a tháinig chun cinn mar wrestler príomhimeachtaí i St. Louis. Rugadh i
Ar Iúil 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “Feirmeoir” Bailey in March 1922 to qualify for the match with Lewis. 31-year-old Eustace was the same age as “Strangler” Lewis but Lewis was far more experienced. Debuting at 14 bliana d'aois,
I was recently honored to be a guest on The Martial Culture Podcast. Coach Rene Driefuss and Matt Peters were excellent hosts. I truly enjoyed my time on their podcast. We spoke about one of my books, Gotch vs. Hack: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. Mar sin féin, we spoke in general about the history
Since its emergence as a spectator sport in the second half of the 19th Century, promoters and wrestlers were under a cloud of suspicion that they were working their matches. While professional wrestling would eventually consist almost exclusively of staged exhibitions, many, if not most, of the matches were legitimate contest prior to 1915. Promoters and wrestlers went to great
In early 1915, Sam Rachmann promoted the New York International Wrestling Tournament with the intention of replacing retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Rachmann believed no one could defeat Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Rachmann’s handpicked successor to Gotch, in Greco-Roman wrestling. Rachmann’s challenge was catch-as-catch-can was the dominant wrestling style in America. To get around this challenge, Rachmann recruited international
In 1922, future World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Jim Browning began his career in Kansas. Browning moved from his hometown of Verona, Missouri in 1921 to train for a professional wrestling career. Tom Law, the Wichita, Kansas promoter, oversaw Browning’s training. By May 1923, Browning was already in the main event at smaller shows. On an Augusta, Kansas card, Browning wrestled
Ar Márta 3, 1922, Ed “Strangler” Lewis regained the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Stanislaus Zbyszko. This event marked the beginning of one of the most dominant professional wrestling combines in history. Manager Billy Sandow, World Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and training partner/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, known as the “Gold Dust Trio”, dominated the sport for the next six
In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow convinced Georgia promoter Tom Law to move to Wichita, Kansas and develop the area for future wrestling shows. The American Midwest would be a significant revenue generator for the Gold Dust Trio, which Sandow led with World Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, in the 1920s. Law would produce two