Category: 20th Century Pro Wrestling History

Omaha politimester H.W. Dunn oprettede overskrifter i marts 28, 1915, da han udstedte en ordre, der forbød den annoncerede professionelle wrestling-kamp mellem Joe Stecher og Jess Westergaard. April 6, 1915 kamp var planlagt til Omaha Auditorium. Høvdingen udstedte faktisk ordren efter anmodning fra Superintendent for Police A.C. Kugle. Kugel udsendte en erklæring til

Den December 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis besejrede Joe Stecher for hans World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Men, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud

Den January 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, nogle få amerikanske wrestlere havde endda hævdet at være Nogert før

In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewede St.. Louis wrestling promotor John Contos. Murphy foreslog overfor Contos, at den dominerende wrestlers æra som William Muldoon var forbi. Murphy talte om den nylige kamp mellem “Verdensmester” Hardneck Phillips og spilkonkurrencen Webster O’Malley. Phillips forsvarede med succes sit mesterskab ved at kaste O’Malley efter 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”

Stanislaus Zbyszko turnerede i USA 1910 som forberedelse til en titelkamp med World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch senere på året. Hans tur bragte ham til St. Louis i maj 29, 1910. Zbyszko skulle efter planen møde den højt respekterede letsværvægts-grapper Charley Olson. Olson var en dygtig wrestler, der trænede med St. Louis wrestler George

On April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch mødte World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt til verden titel på Dexter Park Pavilion i Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt blev ubesejret som professionel, men havde været verdensmester i ca. 7 år. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch

På tirsdag, Marts 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 og 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, som var 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. Desværre, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

Jeg har ofte fundet ud af, at den største udfordring ved at forske i tidlig professionel wrestling er at adskille fakta fra fiktion. Selv når bryderne konkurrerede i legitime kampe, de ofte oppustede resultater, opbygget apokryfisk folklore omkring deres sejre og opdigtede fantasifulde fortællinger for at bortforklare deres tab. Professionel brydning udsprang fra karnevalerne og beholdt denne kunsts salgsfremmende instinkter. St.