लड़ाकू खेल इतिहासकार और मार्शल आर्टिस्ट
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, मार्टिन “किसान” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 पाउंड, “किसान” Burns stood 5’11” to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Burns debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, one
अप्रैल को 21, 1884, डंकन सी. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March
On St. Patrick’s Day, मार्च 17, 1905, सेंट. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning
और “स्ट्रेंजलर” Lewis enjoyed one of the most successful careers in professional wrestling. Although Lewis wrestled in mostly staged exhibitions, he possessed legitimate wrestling skills. Future protege Lou Thesz said many times Lewis could beat any wrestler at any time, so he was the ideal world champion in the modern era of prearranged matches. तथापि, early in his career, लेविस
At the end of December 1916, a strange event occurred. जॉन एफ. Olin, a local Massachusetts wrestler, won a match with the current World Champion Joe Stecher. The referee declared Olin the winner after Stecher walked away from the match. Before the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) made changes to the rules in the 1950s, championships changed hands through disqualification or
जॉन “Tigerman” Pesek wrestled several “shoot” matches during the “worked” era of the 1920s. By this time, American professional wrestlers cooperated with each other to put on exciting matches for the fans. Results were predetermined by promoters and managers. Legitimate contests or “shoots” were rare. When they did occur, it was normally to settle a dispute among promoters or a
At the end of 1905, फ्रेड बील पूर्व अमेरिकी हैवीवेट कुश्ती चैंपियन टॉम जेनकिंस के साथ एक मैच के लिए अमेरिका की यात्रा कर रहे थे. बील एक पूर्व अमेरिकी हैवीवेट कुश्ती चैंपियन थे जिन्होंने फ्रैंक गॉच को हराया था “worked” दिसंबर के दौरान न्यू ऑरलियन्स में मैच 1903. वह कुछ हफ्ते बाद वापस गॉच से खिताब हार गया. सक्षम पहलवान, जेनकिंस और बील
जो स्टीचर और जॉन “टाइगर मैन” पेसेक मुख्य रूप से वैध पहलवान थे “worked” युग, जहां मैच पूर्व निर्धारित होते थे जब तक कि कोई मैच को वैध प्रतियोगिता में बदलकर दूसरे पहलवान या प्रमोटर को डबल-क्रॉस देने का फैसला नहीं करता था. डबल-क्रॉस ने ही काम किया, यदि पहलवान वैध रूप से मैच जीत सकता है. जॉन पेसेक को कुश्ती की कामकाजी प्रकृति पसंद नहीं थी और वह अक्सर ऐसा करते रहते थे
As the wrestler jumped off the mat, he grabbed the referee by the lapel with his good arm. “Why didn’t you stop it?” As Referee Siler tried to pull free, Duncan Ross’ seconds grabbed him and pulled him away. The men told Ross, “He can’t stop it. You have to submit.” Ross screamed, “I’m out of here.” As Ross walked
में 1922, न्यूयॉर्क के प्रमोटर जैक कर्ली गोल्ड डस्ट ट्रायो से दूर भाग गए, प्रबंधक बिली सैंडो, वर्ल्ड हैवीवेट रेसलिंग चैंपियन एड “स्ट्रेंजलर” लुईस और पहलवान/प्रचारक प्रतिभा जोसेफ “Toots” Mondt. तिकड़ी ने विश्व चैंपियनशिप को नियंत्रित किया और कर्ली को चैंपियन की बुकिंग से बाहर कर दिया. तिकड़ी के साथ बराबरी पाने के लिए, कर्ली ने ओलंपिक कुश्ती के रजत पदक विजेता और कॉलेजिएट को आक्रामक रूप से बढ़ावा देना शुरू किया