Category: 20ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದ ಪ್ರೊ ವ್ರೆಸ್ಲಿಂಗ್ ಇತಿಹಾಸ

ಜನವರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” <ಸ್ಪ್ಯಾನ್ bbox_x = "675" bbox_y = "628" bbox_w = "24" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" ಕೆಂಪು = "255" ಹಸಿರು = "255" ನೀಲಿ = "255" ಆಲ್ಫಾ = " 210 ಪೌಂಡ್, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. ಎರಡನೆಯ,

ಬಿಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಯಾಂಡೋ ಮತ್ತು ಎಡ್ ಲೆವಿಸ್ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿದಾಗ ಸ್ಟಾನಿಸ್ಲಾಸ್ ಝ್ಬಿಸ್ಕೊ ​​ಅವರ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆಯ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯು ಪ್ರಚಾರದ ಹಬೆಯನ್ನು ಮೀರಿದೆ, ಅವರು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿದರು “ಗೆಲ್ಲುತ್ತಾರೆ” ಮಾರ್ಚ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಿಸಿ 1922. ಸೇಂಟ್. ಲೂಯಿಸ್ ಪ್ರವರ್ತಕ ಜಾನ್ ಕಾಂಟೋಸ್ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮರುಪಂದ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿರಿಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಯಿತು, ಇದು ಸೇಂಟ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಭವಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಗುರುವಾರ ಲೂಯಿಸ್ ಕೊಲಿಜಿಯಂ, ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ತಿಂಗಳು 14, 1922. By this time, ಹೊರಗೆ ಅಮೇರಿಕನ್ ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಕುಸ್ತಿ

ಗುರುವಾರ, ನವೆಂಬರ್ 22, 1923, ಸೇಂಟ್. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. ಲೂಯಿಸ್ ನಂತರದ ಡಿಸ್ಪ್ಯಾಚ್. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t

On a Thursday night, ನವೆಂಬರ್ 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, ನ್ಯೂಯಾರ್ಕ್. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 ಪೌಂಡ್. ಹೇಗಾದರೂ, Zbyszko

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they

ಫ್ರ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಗೋಚ್, the farm boy from Humboldt, ಅಯೋವಾ, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

ಜನವರಿ 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko was a skilled