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On Sunday, Gruodis 14, 1924, “Big” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt in the main event of the wrestling card at the Kansas City, Misūris, Convention Hall. 10,000 fans showed up to cheer on Munn, a former college football player for the University of Nebraska. Munn was billed at 6’06”, which may have been an exaggeration but he was significantly
The biggest American pro wrestling match of the 19th Century occurred on April 21, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois. Evanas “Strangler” Lewis defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Martin “Ūkininkas” Nudegimai. The 34-year-olds were both skilled with “hooks” or submission holds making them the top of the food chain in legitimate professional wrestling. Lewis had been undisputed champion since 1893
In this post, which was previously a podcast, we will discuss the epic sixty-one round draw between James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson in 1891. This bout prepared Corbett for his successful challenge of John L. Sullivan in 1892. On March 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to
Balandžio 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, in Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans considered Mahmout a tough challenger primarily because they had not seen him wrestle. Emil Klank, Gotch’s manager, convinced foreign wrestlers with good reputations like Mahmout and Stanislaus Zbyszko to travel to America to challenge Gotch. Fans
Aleksandras “Alex” Aberg made headlines in 1917 during a lawsuit over his refusal to fulfill a wrestling committment in Boston during March 1917. Aberg agreed to wrestle Wladek Zbyszko, his main opponent during the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournaments, for Boston promoter George Touhey. Tačiau, Aberg pulled out of the bout shortly after signing an agreement to wrestle his
After marrying his wife Gladys and beating Georg Hackenschmidt a second time, both in 1911, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch began to wrestle a more limited schedule. His wife Gladys was not a big fan of wrestling and wanted her new husband to spend more time at home in Humboldt, Ajova. In the world of wrestling at the time,
Clarence Whistler gimė Indianoje 1856. Stovėdamas tik 5’09” ar taip ir sveria 165 svarų, Švilpukas buvo laikomas vienu galingiausių savo eros imtynininkų. Whistleris buvo vienintelis imtynininkas, galėjęs sunkiai praleisti Williamą Muldooną per 9 metus trukusį Muldoono bėgimą kaip pasaulio čempionas. Whistleris pirmiausia varžėsi graikų-romėnų imtyse, the dominant style in
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a
Gegužės 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American
Vedantis į jo sausį 24, 1921 titulo rungtynės su buvusiu pasaulio čempionu Earlu Caddocku, Pasaulio sunkiasvorių imtynių čempionas Ed “Strangler” Manoma, kad Lewisas sužeidė du ankstesnius varžovus, Wladek Zbyszko ir Joe Stecher, su savo galvos apdangalu. Lewisas naudojo galvos užraktą, kad numestų priešininką ant grindų. Zbyszko buvo išmuštas beprasmis, kai jo galva atsitrenkė į