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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, a elwir hefyd Evan Lewis “y Strangler”, Roedd yn wrestler proffesiynol o 1882 i 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” neu “hang hold”, y mae cefnogwyr MMA modern yn ei adnabod fel tagu gilotîn. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 twrnament dyn
Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Roedd Burns yn wrestler mawr yn ei rinwedd ei hun. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 bunnoedd. Yn 1891, Llosgiadau fel y Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm Iowa gymerodd JC. Comstock, Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm Michigan. J.C. Comstock was
Ar Ionawr 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, roedd ychydig o reslwyr Americanaidd hyd yn oed wedi honni eu bod yn Nogert o'r blaen
In November 1923, St. Cyfwelodd gohebydd Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, St. Louis hyrwyddwr reslo John Contos. Cynigiodd Murphy i Contos fod oes reslwyr dominyddol fel William Muldoon ar ben. Siaradodd Murphy am y gêm ddiweddar rhwng “Pencampwr y Byd” Hardneck Phillips a'r ymgeisydd gêm Webster O'Malley. Llwyddodd Phillips i amddiffyn ei bencampwriaeth trwy daflu O’Malley ar ei ôl 1 hour, 50
William Muldoon oedd Pencampwr Reslo Pwysau Trwm y Byd a oedd yn teyrnasu ac yn ddiwylliannwr corfforol nodedig, pan ddyweddiwyd Muldoon gan John L. Cefnogwyr Sullivan i gael siâp eu hymladdwr. Sullivan oedd Pencampwr Ymladd Gwobr Pwysau Trwm Bare Knuckle a oedd yn teyrnasu. Arwyddodd gytundeb i gwrdd â'i heriwr caletaf, Jake Kilrain, ym mis Gorffennaf 1889. Cyfaddefodd Sullivan ei fod mewn cyflwr gwael,
Ar Hydref 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”
Ni fanteisiodd unrhyw un ar y cyfnod Dim Penderfyniad o focsio proffesiynol fel Battling Levinsky. Roedd Levinsky yn focsiwr amddiffynnol medrus, na chymerodd fawr o niwed yn ystod ei ymladdfeydd. Pan ofynnodd Ring Magazine iddo pam ei fod mor weithgar, weithiau yn cymryd 3 ymladd mewn diwrnod o gwmpas Efrog Newydd, Meddai Levinsky, “Rwy'n hoffi arian ac nid wyf byth yn cael fy mrifo.” Roedd Levinsky
Ar Ebrill 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 blynyddoedd. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Mawrth 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 a 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.