Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Professional wrestlers dying in the ring is rare but occasionally happens. In 1936, 5,000 wrestling fans in Washington, D.C. inadvertently booed a dead man at the end of the Mike Romano vs. “Irish” Jack Donovan match at Griffith Stadium on Thursday, Juni 25, 1936. The 40-year-old Romano was putting Donovan over in a worked match. Newspapers inaccurately reported Romano as
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. By 1915, wrestlers worked their matches. Skilled lightweight wrestler Clarence Ecklund trained Pesek in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Pesek developed into a skilled hooker or submission wrestler. Pesek never liked working and wrestled contests in his early career. Hatimaye, Pesek did
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) iliyotolewa Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) mwezi Novemba 1941. Moja ya filamu za baadaye za Thin Man (affiliate kiungo), the film contains interesting vignettes for wrestling fans. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, is pulled into a state investigation of a local gambling ring. Two local wrestling promoters run the gambling ring, which is art imitating life if
During March 1910, Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Marekani katika Baraza la Bluffs, Iowa ilimshtaki John C. Mabray (toleo la jina lake halisi, Mabry) na washtakiwa kadhaa kwa kutumia barua kufanya udanganyifu wa kamari katika ndondi za kitaaluma, mieleka ya kitaaluma, na mbio za kitaalam za farasi. Mabry, mfanyabiashara wa mifugo anayeishi Kansas City, Missouri, walioajiriwa ndani katika ndondi, mieleka, na farasi
In the early morning hours of August 5, 1933, four safe burglars broke a window at the Marshfield Brewing Company in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The burglars knocked a dial off the safe and removed $1,550.00 in federal stamps. In 2024 dollars, the burglars stole over $37,000.00. The same burglars successfully took another $1,000 katika mihuri ya shirikisho kutoka kwa Kampuni ya Wausau Brewing
Mapema katika kazi yake, Fred Beell wrestled Gus “Americus” Schoenlein in 1904 na 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell won the only fall and match. Schoenlein wanted to avenge this defeat. In May 1905, Schoenlein’s manager secured a rematch in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein stood five feet, ten inches tall and weighed 210 paundi. Beell usually faced a
Katika kuanguka kwa 1921, Jack Curley na Tex Rickard walihusika katika ugomvi wa utangazaji ambao ulianza katika ndondi za kulipwa lakini ukaenea hadi kwenye mieleka ya kitaaluma.. Curley na Rickard walitatua ugomvi wao katika shindano halali mnamo Novemba 1921. Curley alimchagua John "The Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek kuchukua nafasi yake dhidi ya mwanamieleka wa Rickard Marin Plestina.. Kabla ya Curley na Rickard kupanga
Kama angekuwa mkubwa zaidi, Fred Beell angekuwa mchezaji wa uzani mzito katika muongo wa kwanza wa Karne ya Ishirini. Instead, wapinzani wakubwa mara nyingi walimshinda Beell kwa sababu tu mpinzani alimzidi Beell kwa pauni thelathini hadi hamsini.. Katika matukio machache ambayo Beell alipigana mieleka ya middleweight, Bell alimponda mpinzani wake. Januari 13, 1905, Beell alishindana na H.P. Hansen ndani
Wakati wa Novemba 1921, John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek alipigana pambano halali na Marin Plestina ili kusuluhisha vita vya uendelezaji kati ya Jack Curley na promota wa ndondi Tex Rickard.. Pesek alimfanyia madhambi Plestina aliyejeruhiwa, ambaye alikuwa hoi kujitetea. After the match, Rickard alirejea kwenye ndondi huku Tume ya riadha ya Jimbo la New York ikimpiga marufuku Pesek kushiriki mieleka huko New York..
In 1919, John “Tiger ya Nebraska” Pesek alijikuta katika nafasi sawa na Marin Plestina. Uaminifu mkubwa wa mieleka haungempa Pesek mechi na mmoja wapo “Kubwa Nne” – Earl Caddock, Joe Stecher, Na “Strangler” Lewis, na Wladek Zbyszko. Imeshindwa kupata mechi na Stecher, Sand alipambana na Jim Londos huko Omaha, Nebraska mnamo Oktoba 10,