పోరాట క్రీడా చరిత్రకారుడు మరియు మార్షల్ ఆర్టిస్ట్
ఇవాన్ “Strangler” లూయిస్, కూడా ఇవాన్ లెవీస్ అనే “స్ట్రాంగ్లర్”, నుండి ఒక ప్రొఫెషనల్ మల్లయోధుడు 1882 to 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” లేదా “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament
మార్టిన్ “కాపు” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “కాపు” 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 పౌండ్ల. లో 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
జనవరి న 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, a few American wrestlers had even claimed to be Nogert before
In November 1923, సెయింట్. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match between “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50
విలియం Muldoon ఆధిపత్యం చెలాయిస్తున్న ప్రపంచ హెవీవెయిట్ రెజ్లింగ్ ఛాంపియన్ మరియు ఒక ప్రముఖ భౌతిక culturist ఉంది, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. సుల్లివన్ యొక్క మద్దతుదారులు ఆకారంలో వారి యుద్ధ పొందడానికి. సుల్లివన్ ఆధిపత్యం చెలాయిస్తున్న ప్రపంచ హెవీవెయిట్ బేర్ పిడికిలిని బహుమతి కోసం పోటీ పడే ఛాంపియన్ ఉంది. అతను తన క్లిష్ట పోటీదారు కలిసే ఒక ఒప్పందం సంతకం, జేక్ Kilrain, జులై నెలలో 1889. సుల్లివన్ అతను చెడు ఆకారంలో ఒప్పుకున్నాడు,
అక్టోబర్ న 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”
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
ఏప్రిల్ న 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, ఇల్లినాయిస్. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 సంవత్సరాల. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
మంగళవారం, నిదానంగా నడుచు 22, 1910, డాక్టర్. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 మరియు 1920. డాక్టర్. 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. డాక్టర్.