קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
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 בייַ 16 years of age but the Civil War interrupted his career for a few years. McLaughlin began wrestling again in 1866. דורך 1877,
אויף יולי 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.” כאָטש דזשאָרדזש קאַרפּענטיער
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. לוי. Born in
אויף יולי 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “סטראַנגלער” לויס. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “פּויער” Bailey in March 1922 to qualify for the match with Lewis. 31-year-old Eustace was the same age as “סטראַנגלער” Lewis but Lewis was far more experienced. Debuting at 14 יאָרן פון עלטער,
איך איז לעצטנס אַנערד צו זיין אַ גאַסט אויף די מאַרשאַל קולטור פּאָדקאַסט. קאָוטש Rene Driefuss און Matt Peters זענען ויסגעצייכנט מחנות. איך טאַקע ינדזשויד מיין צייט אויף זייער פּאָדקאַסט. מיר האָבן גערעדט וועגן איינער פון מיין ביכער, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: די שוועבעלעך וואָס האָבן געמאכט און חרובֿ לעגיטימע אמעריקאנער פאַכמאַן ראַנגלעריי אין באַזונדער. אָבער, מיר האָבן גערעדט אין אַלגעמיין וועגן דער געשיכטע
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
אויף מאי 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
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 “אַלעקס” אַבערג, 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
אין 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