Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
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 la 16 years of age but the Civil War interrupted his career for a few years. McLaughlin began wrestling again in 1866. De 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
Iulie 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 “Agricultor” 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 ani,
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. Totuși, 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
În 1922, viitorul campion mondial la lupte grele Jim Browning și-a început cariera în Kansas. Browning s-a mutat din orașul său natal, Verona, Missouri in 1921 să te antrenezi pentru o carieră de luptător profesionist. Tom Law, Wichita, Promotor Kansas, a supravegheat antrenamentul lui Browning. By May 1923, Browning era deja la evenimentul principal la spectacole mai mici. Pe un Augusta, Cardul Kansas, Browning s-a luptat
La martie 3, 1922, Ed “Strangler” Lewis a recâștigat Campionatul Mondial de lupte grele de la Stanislaus Zbyszko. Acest eveniment a marcat începutul uneia dintre cele mai dominante combinații de lupte profesionale din istorie. Manager Billy Sandow, Campion mondial Ed “Strangler” Lewis și partenerul de formare / geniul promoțional Joseph “Toots” Mondt, known as the “Trio cu praf de aur”, dominated the sport for the next six
In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow l-a convins pe promotorul Georgiei, Tom Law, să se mute la Wichita, Kansas și dezvoltarea zonei pentru viitoarele spectacole de lupte. Midwest-ul american ar fi un generator de venituri semnificativ pentru Gold Dust Trio, pe care Sandow l-a condus cu campioana mondială Ed “Strangler” Lewis și geniul promoțional Joseph “Toots” Mondt, în anii 1920. Legea ar produce două