Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
Tom Jenkins kellu d-distinzjoni li kien l-uniku wrestler li għeleb lil Frank Gotch diversi drabi. Jenkins u Gotch innegozjaw il-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight bejn 1902 u 1906. Fil-ħin ta’ din il-partita, Jenkins reġa’ kien iċ-champion. Fred Beell kien ilu jikkampanja għal logħba ma’ Jenkins għal dawn l-aħħar xhur. Beell finalment ikkonvinċa lil Jenkins biex
F’għeluq it-33 sena ta’ Joe Acton, Marzu 8, 1885, huwa ġġieled lil pajjiżu Tom Cannon f'logħba ta' 2 minn 3 waqgħat fi Sportsman Park fi New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton u Cannon kellhom storja twila flimkien. Iż-żewġt irġiel twieldu fl-Ingilterra kmieni 1952. Cannon twieled xahar wara minn Acton f'April 19, 1852. Iż-żewġt irġiel bdew jiġġieldu fil-
Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock lilha biss professjonalment sakemm 1922. Madankollu, kien ikun rikonoxxut bħala champion tad-dinja wara li f’April għeleb lil Joe Stecher 1917. Caddock jitlef it-titlu lura
1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was
Joseph “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Strangler” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow
Minn tard 1921 li 1923, John Contos ippromwova l-lotta professjonali f’St. Louis, Missouri. Madankollu, Contos iddeċieda li jħalli l-promozzjoni biex jiffoka fuq il-ġestjoni tal-karriera tal-istilla li qed tibdid Dan Kolov. Qabel ma titlaq minn St. Louis, Contos biegħ il-promozzjoni lil Tom Packs, in-neputi u l-assistent tiegħu fil-promozzjoni. Pakketti’ l-ewwel karta kienet skedata għall-Ġimgħa, Jannar 4, 1924.
Meta tiddiskuti renju tat-titlu ta 'Stanislaus Zbyszko minn 1921 li 1922, ir-raġuni ewlenija li ngħatat biex ħa t-titlu mingħandu kienet li r-renju tat-titlu tiegħu kien falliment fil-box office. In-numri jivvalidaw dan it-twemmin? Qabel ir-rebħ tal-kampjonat, Zbyszko wrestled ex champion Joe Stecher fil-71 Regiment Armory quddiem 7,000 fans. Fil 1915, l-
When William Muldoon retired as the World Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion in 1889, there was no ready successor to the championship. Evan “Strangler” Lewis was the best wrestler in the United States not named William Muldoon but his specialty was catch-as-catch-can wrestling. The best American Greco-Roman wrestler, Clarence Whistler, had died in Australia during 1885. Muldoon’s handpicked successor was German-born
Joe Stecher started out 1915, a fateful year for his career, with a victory over Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled under the name Otto Carpenter for this match but was known to professional wrestling fans as Ad Santel. Santel had a deserved reputation for being a vicious “Hooker”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made
Champion tad-Dinja tal-Lotta Heavyweight Ed “Strangler” Lewis ġġieled mijiet ta’ logħbiet leġittimi ta’ lotta ma’ Joseph “Toots” Mondt matul is-snin. Waqt konversazzjonijiet mal-protejat żagħżugħ tiegħu, Lou Thesz, Lewis qal li fil-karriera twila tiegħu kellu biss jinkwieta li jitlef kontra żewġ wrestlers. Mondt u Stanislaus Zbyszko biss kellhom iċ-ċans li jegħlbuh f'kompetizzjoni leġittima. Wieħed