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In November 1923, St. El reportero del Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, entrevistó a St.. El promotor de lucha libre de Louis, John Contos.. Murphy le propuso a Contos que la era de los luchadores dominantes como William Muldoon había terminado. Murphy habló sobre el reciente partido entre “Campeón del mundo” Hardneck Phillips y el contendiente Webster O'Malley. Phillips defendió con éxito su campeonato lanzando a O'Malley tras 1 hour, 50
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”
En abril 3, 1908, American Wrestling Campeón Frank Gotch reunió World Wrestling Campeón George Hackenschmidt por el título mundial en Dexter Parque Pavilion en Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt era invicto como profesional, pero había sido campeón del mundo por aproximadamente 7 año. Gotch era un año mayor pero se le consideraba un prometedor.. Los fanáticos y periodistas que cubren el deporte consideraron a Gotch
El martes, Marzo 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 y 1920. Dr. 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. Dr.
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, quien fue 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Desafortunadamente, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Con frecuencia he descubierto que el mayor desafío al investigar la lucha libre profesional temprana es separar la realidad de la ficción.. Incluso cuando los luchadores compitieron en combates legítimos, a menudo inflaron los resultados, Construyeron folklore apócrifo en torno a sus victorias e inventaron cuentos fantásticos para explicar sus pérdidas.. La lucha libre profesional surgió de los carnavales y conservó el instinto promocional de este arte.. St.
En enero 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
En diciembre 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch perdió una batalla de tres semanas con el envenenamiento urémico. Los médicos trataron de mantener sus riñones pasan por una operación en Chicago pero siempre y sólo un alivio temporal. Gotch intención de viajar a Hot Springs, Arkansas para tratar de restaurar su salud. La operación terminó esta esperanza. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” promoción de lucha libre y venció a Munn por el
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