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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 у 16 years of age but the Civil War interrupted his career for a few years. McLaughlin began wrestling again in 1866. По 1877,
On July 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Иако Жорж Карпентијер
In the early 1920s, Христос Теофило је почео да се рва као Џим Лондос након неколико година као трик “Врестлинг Пластерер”. Лондос вероватно није схватио да ће промена имена бити први корак у томе да постане највећа благајничка атракција у професионалном рвању 1930-их. Други корак је био његово појављивање као рвач главног догађаја у Ст. Лоуис. Born in
On July 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Давитељ” Луис. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “Фармер” Bailey in March 1922 to qualify for the match with Lewis. 31-year-old Eustace was the same age as “Давитељ” Lewis but Lewis was far more experienced. Debuting at 14 година,
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. Хацкенсцхмидт: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. <Спан ббок_к = "289" ббок_и = "553" ббок_в = "56" ббок_х = "20" фсизе = "14" фвеигхт = "3" црвено = "255" зелено = "255" плави = "255" алфа = ", we spoke in general about the history
Од свог настанка као гледачког спорта у другој половини 19. века, промотери и рвачи били су под облаком сумње да раде своје мечеве. Док би се професионално рвање на крају састојало готово искључиво од инсценираних изложби, многи, ако не и већина, од утакмица су биле легитимно такмичење пре 1915. Промотери и рвачи су одлично прошли
На маја 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
У рано 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
У 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, Бровнинг се рвао