Údar: Ken Zimmerman Jr.

On May 7, 1901, Throid Tom Jenkins leis an bhfathach Nouralah Hassan i gCathair Nua-Eabhrac. Rugadh sa Bhulgáir le linn 1870, Sheas Hassan sé throigh, ocht n-orlach ar airde agus meáchan 331 punt. Cé go raibh scileanna wrestling níos fearr ag Jenkins, Bhí lucht leanúna agus tuairisceoirí ag súil go gcuirfeadh méid ollmhór Hassan fadhbanna i láthair do Jenkins. Chuir tionscnóirí in áirithe na fir chun wrestle ag Madison Square Garden i

Ar Lúnasa 4, 1939, Fuair ​​Mort Henderson bás i Rochester, Nua Eabhrac ag 60 bliana d'aois. Is dócha nár chuimhnigh lucht leanúna wrestling ar an ainm Mort Henderson ach mar a ego eile, an Marvel Masked bunaidh, shábháil sé an leagan titim den 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Chuir Sam Rachmann an comórtas chun cinn le sprioc

Ar Deireadh Fómhair 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Scottish catch wrestler Dan McLeod. Burns and McLeod were two of the top three or four catch-as-catch-can wrestlers in the United States at the time. 1,200 fans attended the match held at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy

George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, a 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only