Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
Rau cov me nyuam. Patrick lub hnub 1908, Martin “Ua teb” Kub yus ntsib tus me tab sis haib Fred Beell. Thaum ob wrestlers weighed 165 phaus, “Ua teb” Kub yus sawv 5'11” Beell tus 5’04”. Tus 32 xyoo Beell muaj ib tug muaj hnub nyoog loj kom zoo dua cov 47 xyoo Burns ho. Kub yus debuted hauv 1879, Thaum Beell muaj 3 xyoo. Cov txiv neej tau teem rau ib match hauv Omaha, Nebraska, one
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Sib tw Lewis “Loj” Wayne Munn rau nws xamphaj Michigan-Illinois ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis poob lub npe mus Munn rau lub ob hlis ntuj 1925. Nyob rau hnub tim 1925, Zbyszko tua yeej Munn nyob hauv ib tug naas ej double-cross. Ntais ntawv ntawm Lewis thiab
Yog Jake Kilrain zoo paub ua lub xeem thiab toughest challenger rau John L. Tua Sullivan hauv cov xeem yas tes mus khaws ntiaj teb championship. Dua li ntawm Kilrain lub cev tsis tuav John L. Sullivan, nws muaj ib cov hauj lwm zoo cov ua ntej thiab tom qab qhov bout nrog tus mighty Sullivan. Ntaus rau 10 ntau xyoo nyob rau hauv bouts los, Feem ntau zoo tab sis nyob Kilrain tau
Nyob rau ib lub peb hlis ntuj tsaus ntuj hauv San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved aggressiveness ntshiab ua tej zaum yeej txiav txim siab. Tom qab 20 rounds cov boxing, referee Greggains, tus kws txiav txim xwb, muab qhov kev txiav txim dua tus yawm Jack Johnson rau Hart. Hart ntsib Johnson rau tim 28, 1905. Johnson nkag mus rau lub nplhaib ua tus betting nyiam. He also entered as one of
Evan “Strangler” Lewis yog ib cov scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 phaus, Lewis’ submissions paub ua rau nws muaj vaj huam sib luag los zoo uas feem ntau wrestlers ntawm nws era. Jack Carkeek yog ib tus wrestler zoo kawg li tab sis ib match nrog Lewis yuav luag los nws mus so num lawm. Lewis’ yus lub qe ntawd xav
Nyob rau hnub tim 7, 1914, 22-xyoo Wladek Zbyszko ntsib Ed 22 xyoo “Strangler” Lewis puas raws li nyob rau hauv ib ntawm ntau qhov yuam kev ntawm ob tug txiv neej lub. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. Nyob rau thaum 1920 los, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Nyob rau hauv
Hais ncaj ntsaim J. Quinn, ib lub zos me nyuam. Tus kws lij choj Louis, txais kev pab raws li tus manager saib xyuas rau kev wrestlers George Baptise, Charley Olson thiab Fred Beell. Kev admirer muas thaum chiv thawj txog George Baptiste, leej twg yog tus lus dab neeg nyob rau hauv tus me nyuam. Louis tsev ua noj thiab hom Vandeventer. Baptiste yuav ntiav Quinn raws li nws lub dab zaub thiab cov kws lij choj rau nws tsev pheebsuab thiab awning niaj hnub tom ntej. Thaum nws
Mike “Ntxaib” Sullivan thov Welterweight ntuj Boxing Championship, thaum nws decisioned Mellody koj niam nyob tim 1907. Possessing ob txhais tes hnyav thiab zoo tshaj boxing tej kev txawj ntse, Sullivan thov lawm yeej loj heev tus poj Joe Gans thiab yav tom ntej Welterweight ntiaj teb Boxing tau zus ib Harry Lewis thaum nws cov hauj lwm. Lewis yeej lub npe welterweight, Thaum twg Sullivan yuav tsis ua rau cov 147 phaus
Thaum ntxov 1916, Martin “Ua teb” Zaus, leej twg kawm thiab tswj Frank Gotch rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Championship, pib tsis tau hais tias nws tsim tam sim no American Heavyweight tau zus ib Joe Stecher. Cov ntaubntawv seemed khib vim kub yus yuav tsum ua haujlwm nrog Stecher ntau xyoo. Kub yus pab npaj Stecher rau nws championship bout nrog Charlie Cutler hauv 1915. Nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev, dab tsi Burns