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I’ve written in the past that Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce by Marcus Griffin is a problematic source. While Griffin has insider knowledge due to his time in the Buffalo promotional office in the 1930s, he wrote the book for the purpose of revenge against the promoters who fired him. The book contains factual information mixed in with interesting
James Hiram McLaughlin holds the distinction of being the first American professional wrestler. While people wrestled professionally before McLaughlin, he was the first to earn a professional living from wrestling. McLaughlin began wrestling professionally in 1860 pada 16 years of age but the Civil War interrupted his career for a few years. McLaughlin began wrestling again in 1866. Oleh 1877,
In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilou began wrestling as Jim Londos after several years as the gimmicky “Wrestling Plasterer”. Londos probably didn’t realize that the name change would be the first step into him becoming the biggest box office attraction in 1930s professional wrestling. The second step was his emergence as a main event wrestler in St. Louis. Born in
Pada Julai 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 “Petani” 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 tahun,
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. Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. Walau bagaimanapun, 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 mempromosikan Kejohanan Gusti Antarabangsa New York dengan niat untuk menggantikan Juara Gusti Heavyweight Dunia yang telah bersara, Frank Gotch. Rachmann percaya tiada siapa yang boleh mengalahkan Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Pengganti pilihan Rachmann kepada Gotch, dalam gusti Greco-Rom. Cabaran Rachmann ialah catch-as-catch-can adalah gaya gusti yang dominan di Amerika. Untuk mengharungi cabaran ini, Rachmann merekrut antarabangsa
Dalam 1922, Bakal Juara Gusti Kelas Berat Dunia Jim Browning memulakan kerjayanya di Kansas. Browning berpindah dari kampung halamannya di Verona, Missouri in 1921 untuk berlatih untuk kerjaya gusti profesional. Tom Law, Wichita, Penganjur Kansas, menyelia latihan Browning. By May 1923, Browning telah pun berada dalam acara utama di pertunjukan yang lebih kecil. Pada Augusta, kad Kansas, Browning bergusti
Pada Mac 3, 1922, Ed “Strangler” Lewis memenangi semula Kejohanan Gusti Kelas Berat Dunia daripada Stanislaus Zbyszko. Acara ini menandakan permulaan salah satu gabungan gusti profesional yang paling dominan dalam sejarah. Pengurus Billy Sandow, Juara Dunia Ed “Strangler” Lewis dan rakan latihan/jenius promosi Joseph “Toots” Mondt, dikenali sebagai “Trio Debu Emas”, mendominasi sukan itu untuk enam perlawanan berikutnya
In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow meyakinkan penganjur Georgia Tom Law untuk berpindah ke Wichita, Kansas dan bangunkan kawasan itu untuk pertunjukan gusti masa hadapan. American Midwest akan menjadi penjana pendapatan yang besar untuk Gold Dust Trio, yang diketuai oleh Sandow bersama Juara Dunia Ed “Strangler” Lewis dan genius promosi Joseph “Toots” Mondt, pada tahun 1920-an. Undang-undang akan menghasilkan dua