Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Evan “Strangler” Lewis, Pia inaitwa Evan Lewis “Strangler”, ilikuwa wrestler mtaalamu kutoka 1882 kwa 1899. Lewis alikuwa wa kwanza wa Marekani Heavyweight Catch-kama-Catch Je Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” au “hang hold”, ambayo mashabiki wa kisasa wa MMA wanajua kama guillotine choke. Lewis alifanya kwanza yake ya kikazi kwa kushinda 64 mashindano ya wanaume
Martin “Mkulima” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Mkulima” Burns alikuwa wrestler kubwa katika haki yake mwenyewe. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 paundi. In 1891, Burns kama Iowa Heavyweight Champion alichukua JC. Comstock, Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
Januari 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, wapiganaji wachache wa Marekani walikuwa wamedai kuwa Nogert hapo awali
In November 1923, St. Mwandishi wa Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy alihoji St. Louis promota wa mieleka John Contos. Murphy alipendekeza kwa Contos kwamba enzi ya wapiganaji wakuu kama William Muldoon ilikuwa imekwisha.. Murphy alizungumza kuhusu mechi ya hivi majuzi kati ya “Bingwa wa Dunia” Hardneck Phillips na mgombeaji wa mchezo huo Webster O'Malley. Phillips alifanikiwa kutetea ubingwa wake kwa kumtupia O’Malley baada ya 1 hour, 50
William Muldoon alikuwa Bingwa wa Mieleka wa Dunia wa Uzani wa Heavyweight na mkulima mashuhuri wa kimwili., Muldoon alipochumbiwa na John L. Wafuasi wa Sullivan kupata mpiganaji wao katika sura. Sullivan alikuwa Bingwa wa Kupambana na Tuzo la Dunia la Uzani wa Heavyweight Bare Knuckle. Alitia saini makubaliano ya kukutana na mpinzani wake mgumu zaidi, Jake Kilrain, mwezi Julai 1889. Sullivan alikiri kwamba alikuwa katika hali mbaya,
Mnamo Oktoba 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
Na “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”
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Aprili 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 miaka. Gotch alikuwa na umri wa mwaka mmoja lakini alizingatiwa kuwa mtu anayekuja. Mashabiki na waandishi wa habari wanaoshughulikia mchezo huo walizingatiwa Gotch
Siku ya Jumanne, Machi 22, 1910, Dk. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 na 1920. Dk. 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. Dk.