Category: 20th Century Pro Wrestling History

In November 1923, Свети. Репортер Лоуис Стар-Тимеса Били Марфи интервјуисао је Ст. Промотор рвања Луис Џон Контос. Марфи је предложио Контосу да је ера доминантних рвача попут Вилијама Малдуна завршена. Марфи је говорио о недавном мечу између “Светски шампион” Харднек Филипс и кандидат за игру Вебстер О'Мели. Филипс је успешно одбранио своје првенство бацивши О'Малија после 1 hour, 50

И “Давитељ” 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”

У уторак, Март 22, 1910, Др. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 и 1920. Др. 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. Др.

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, who was 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. Нажалост, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

Често сам открио да је највећи изазов у ​​истраживању раног професионалног рвања одвајање чињеница од фикције. Чак и када су се рвачи такмичили у легитимним мечевима, често су надували исходе, изградили апокрифни фолклор око својих победа и измислили маштовите приче да објасне своје губитке. Професионално рвање је произашло из карневала и задржало промотивне инстинкте ове уметности. Свети.

На дан 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. 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” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the