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. Kugel issued a statement to

Joulukuun 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis voitti Joe Stecherin hänen raskaansarjan paininsa maailmanmestaruudesta. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Kuitenkin, 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

Tammikuu 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, muutamat amerikkalaiset painijat olivat jopa väittäneet olevansa Nogert ennen

In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Timesin toimittaja Billy Murphy haastatteli St. Louis-painin promoottori John Contos. Murphy ehdotti Contosille, että William Muldoonin kaltaisten hallitsevien painijoiden aikakausi oli ohi. Murphy puhui äskettäisestä ottelusta “Maailmanmestari” Hardneck Phillips ja pelin haastaja Webster O'Malley. Phillips puolusti mestaruuttaan onnistuneesti heittämällä O'Malleyn perään 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 kiersi Yhdysvalloissa vuonna 1910 valmistautuessaan mestaruusotteluun raskaansarjan painin maailmanmestarin Frank Gotchin kanssa myöhemmin tänä vuonna. Hänen kiertueensa toi hänet St. Louis toukokuussa 29, 1910. Zbyszkon oli määrä tavata arvostettu kevyen raskaansarjan grappler Charley Olson. Olson oli taitava painija, joka harjoitteli St. Louisin painija George

Huhtikuun 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 vuotta. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch

Tiistaina, Maaliskuu 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 ja 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, joka oli 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. Valitettavasti, 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.