Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
Evan “Strangler” Lewis, imsejħa wkoll Evan Lewis “l-Strangler”, kien wrestler professjonali minn 1882 li 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” jew “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament
Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 liri. Fil 1891, Burns bħala l-Heavyweight Champion Iowa ħa fuq JC. Comstock, l Heavyweight Champion Michigan. J.C. Comstock was
Fuq Jannar 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, ftit wrestlers Amerikani kienu saħansitra stqarrew li kienu Nogert qabel
In November 1923, St. Ir-reporter ta’ Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy intervista lil St. Louis promotur lotta John Contos. Murphy ppropona lil Contos li l-era ta' wrestlers dominanti bħal William Muldoon kienet spiċċat. Murphy tkellem dwar il-partita riċenti bejn “Champion tad-Dinja” Hardneck Phillips u l-konkorrent tal-logħba Webster O'Malley. Phillips iddefenda b'suċċess il-kampjonat tiegħu billi tefa' lil O'Malley wara 1 hour, 50
William Muldoon kien iċ-Champion renjanti tal-Wrestling World Heavyweight u kulturist fiżiku magħruf, meta Muldoon kien impenjat minn John L. Is-sostennijiet ta’ Sullivan biex iġibu l-ġlied tagħhom fil-forma. Sullivan kien iċ-Champion renjanti World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting. Huwa ffirma ftehim biex jiltaqa’ mal-isfidant l-aktar iebes tiegħu, Jake Kilrain, f'Lulju 1889. Sullivan ammetta li kien f'forma ħażina,
Ottubru 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”
Ħadd ma ħa vantaġġ mill-era No Decision tal-boxing professjonali bħal Battling Levinsky. Levinsky kien boxer difensiv tas-sengħa, li ftit ħasru waqt il-ġlied tiegħu. Meta Ring Magazine staqsieh għaliex kien daqshekk attiv, kultant tieħu 3 ġlied f’ġurnata madwar New York, Levinsky qal, “Inħobb il-flus u qatt ma nweġġa’.” Levinsky kien
Dwar April 3, 1908, Wrestling American Champion Frank Gotch sodisfatti World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt għall--Titolu Dinja fil Dexter Park Padiljun fil Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt kien ilu ma jitlef bħala professjonali iżda kien World Champion għal madwar 7 snin. Gotch kien sena akbar iżda meqjus bħala up and come. Il-partitarji u l-ġurnalisti li jkopru l-isport meqjusa bħala Gotch
Nhar it-Tlieta, Marzu 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller iltaqa Stanislaus Zbyszko fil-logħba lotta leġittimu. Wrestling professjonali se transizzjoni minn konkors leġittimu li wirja fi stadji bejn 1910 u 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller gradwat mill-Università ta 'Pennsylvania bil-logħob tal-futbol professjonali. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.