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On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Một giống én “Nông dân” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 bảng, “Nông dân” 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
Vào ngày 21, 1884, Duncan C. 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, Diễu hành 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 from drowning
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, so he was the ideal world champion in the modern era of prearranged matches. Tuy nhiên, early in his career, Đồ dùng móc đá lên cao
At the end of December 1916, a strange event occurred. John F. 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
John “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, 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 và John “Người hổ” Pesek là những đô vật hợp pháp chủ yếu “worked” thời đại, nơi các trận đấu được xác định trước trừ khi ai đó quyết định qua mặt đô vật hoặc người tổ chức khác bằng cách biến trận đấu thành một cuộc thi hợp pháp. Phản đòn kép chỉ có tác dụng, nếu đô vật có thể thắng trận đấu một cách hợp pháp. John Pesek không thích tính chất công việc của môn đấu vật và thường quay
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
Trong 1922, Nhà quảng bá ở New York Jack Curley đã đối đầu với Bộ ba bụi vàng, quản lý Billy Sandow, Nhà vô địch đấu vật hạng nặng thế giới Ed “Strangler” Lewis và đô vật/thiên tài quảng bá Joseph “Toots” Mondt. Bộ ba kiểm soát chức vô địch thế giới và loại Curley ra khỏi danh sách nhà vô địch. Để có được ngay cả với Bộ ba, Curley bắt đầu tích cực quảng bá cho vận động viên giành huy chương bạc môn đấu vật Olympic và học sinh đại học