Category: 20th Century Pro Wrestling Historia

Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugelek adierazpen bat egin zuen

Abenduaren on 13, 1920, Eta “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Hala ere, 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

Urtarrilaren On 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, borrokalari estatubatuar batzuk lehenago ere Nogert zirela aldarrikatu zuten

In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times kazetariaren Billy Murphy elkarrizketatu dute St. Louis borrokaren sustatzailea John Contos. Murphyk Contos-i proposatu zion William Muldoon bezalako borrokalari menderatzaileen aroa amaitu zela. Murphyren arteko azken partidaren berri eman zuen “Munduko txapelduna” Hardneck Phillips eta Webster O´Malley joko lehiakidea. Phillipsek arrakastaz defendatu du bere txapelketa O´Malley jaurtita ondoren 1 hour, 50

Eta “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 Estatu Batuetan bira egin zuen 1910 urtean beranduago pisu astuneko Munduko Borroka txapeldun Frank Gotch-ekin titulu partidarako prestatzen. Bere ibilbideak St. Luis maiatzean 29, 1910. Zbyszkok Charley Olson pisu arineko grappler ospetsuarekin topo egiteko asmoa zuen. Olson borrokalari trebea zen, St.ekin entrenatu zuena. Louis borrokalaria George

Apirilaren 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 urte. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch

Asteartean, Martxoa 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller Stanislaus Zbyszko ezagutu a borroka zilegia partidan. Borroka profesionala zilegia lehiaketa trantsizioa arteko erakusketa eszenaratzen 1910 eta 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller Pennsylvaniako Unibertsitateko graduatu profesionalean jokatu arabera. 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, nor zen 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. Zoritxarrez, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.