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On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 liri, “Farmer” 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
Dwar April 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross iltaqa 'ma' Sorakichi Matsuda, magħruf ukoll bħala Matsada, l-ewwel wrestler professjonali Ġappuniż fl-Istati Uniti. Matsuda emigra lejn l-Istati Uniti biex isegwi l-ħolma tiegħu li jsir wrestler professjonali għax dak il-ħin ma kienx jeżisti fil-Ġappun. 28-Duncan Ross ta ’sena twieled fit-Turkija ta’ dixxendenza Skoċċiża f’Marzu
On St. Patrick’s Day, Marzu 17, 1905, St. 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 mill-għarqa
Ed “Strangler” 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, għalhekk kien iċ-champion tad-dinja ideali fl-era moderna tal-partiti rranġati minn qabel. Madankollu, early in his career, Lewis
Fl-aħħar ta’ Diċembru 1916, ġrat avveniment stramb. John F. Olin, wrestler lokali ta’ Massachusetts, rebaħ partita maċ-Champion tad-Dinja attwali Joe Stecher. Ir-referee ddikjara lil Olin rebbieħ wara li Stecher telaq mill-partita. Qabel l-Alleanza Nazzjonali tal-Lotta (NWA) għamel bidliet fir-regoli fis-snin ħamsin, kampjonati bidlu l-idejn permezz ta’ skwalifika jew
John “Tigerman” Sand wrestled diversi “shoot” logħbiet matul il- “worked” era tal-1920s. By this time, Wrestlers professjonali Amerikani kkooperaw ma 'xulxin biex jagħmlu logħbiet eċċitanti għall-partitarji. Ir-riżultati kienu ddeterminati minn qabel mill-promoturi u l-maniġers. Konkorsi leġittimi jew “shoots” kienu rari. Meta seħħew, kien normalment biex tissolva tilwima fost promoturi jew a
At the end of 1905, Fred Beell was traveling America hyping up a match with former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Beell was a former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion having defeated Frank Gotch in a “worked” match in New Orleans during December 1903. He lost the title back to Gotch a few weeks later. Capable wrestlers, Jenkins and Beell
Joe Stecher and John “Tiger Man” Pesek were legitimate wrestlers in a primarily “worked” era, where matches were predetermined unless someone decided to double-cross the other wrestler or promoter by turning the match into a legitimate contest. Double-crosses only worked, if the wrestler could legitimately win the match. John Pesek didn’t like the worked nature of wrestling and often turned
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
Fil 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Champion tad-Dinja tal-Lotta Heavyweight Ed “Strangler” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate