More Beating Than Shoot

لیوس اور سٹیچر

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

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McLaughlin Wrestles Bauer

جیمز-ہیرام-مکلافلن

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 میں 16 years of age but the Civil War interrupted his career for a few years. McLaughlin began wrestling again in 1866. کی طرف سے 1877,

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جم لونڈوس اپنا نشان بناتا ہے

انہیں-لندن-1920

In the early 1920s, کرسٹوس تھیوفیلو نے کئی سالوں کے بعد جم لونڈوس کے طور پر کشتی شروع کی۔ “ریسلنگ پلاسٹر”. لنڈوس کو شاید یہ احساس نہیں تھا کہ نام کی تبدیلی ان کے لیے 1930 کی پیشہ ورانہ ریسلنگ میں باکس آفس کی سب سے بڑی کشش بننے کا پہلا قدم ہو گی۔. دوسرا مرحلہ سینٹ لوئس میں ایک اہم ریسلر کے طور پر ابھرنا تھا۔. لوئس. میں پیدا ہوا۔

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یوسٹس ریسلز دی چیمپئن۔

alan-eustace-in-1922

On July 4, 1922, ایلن یوسٹیس نے ورلڈ ہیوی ویٹ ریسلنگ چیمپئن ایڈ میں اپنا شاٹ وصول کیا۔ “Strangler کے” لیوس. یوسٹیس, کینساس چیمپئن, کے ساتھ کوالیفائنگ میچ جیتا۔ “کسان” مارچ میں بیلی 1922 لیوس کے ساتھ میچ کے لیے کوالیفائی کرنے کے لیے. 31-سالہ یوسٹیس کی عمر اتنی ہی تھی۔ “Strangler کے” لیوس لیکن لیوس کہیں زیادہ تجربہ کار تھا۔. پر ڈیبیو کر رہا ہے۔ 14 عمر کے سال,

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مارشل کلچر پوڈ کاسٹ۔

فارمر-برنز-فرینک-گوچ

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. تاہم, we spoke in general about the history

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پرو ریسلنگ کی بری شہرت۔

مارٹن فارمر برنز

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

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ریناتو گارڈینی اندر پہنچے 1915

renato-gardini-in-1924

جلد میں 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

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Browning Campaigns in Kansas

جم براؤننگ 1923

میں 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

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ڈبل کراسنگ گولڈ ڈسٹ ٹرائو بک۔

ڈبل کراسنگ-دی-گولڈ-ڈسٹ-تینوں کور۔

مارچ 3, 1922, اور “Strangler کے” 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 کے” Lewis and training partner/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, known as theGold Dust Trio”, dominated the sport for the next six

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ایلن یوسٹیس ریسلز۔ “کسان” بیلی۔

alan-eustace-in-1922

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 کے” Lewis and promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, in the 1920s. Law would produce two

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