Category: 20ika- Century Pro na Kasaysayan ng Wrestling

Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Gumawa si Dunn ng mga headline noong Marso 28, 1915, nang maglabas siya ng utos na nagbabawal sa ina-advertise na professional wrestling match sa pagitan nina Joe Stecher at Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 ang laban ay naka-iskedyul para sa Omaha Auditorium. Talagang naglabas ng kautusan ang hepe sa utos ng Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Naglabas ng pahayag si Kugel kay

Sa December 13, 1920, At “Strangler” Tinalo ni Lewis si Joe Stecher para sa kanyang World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Gayunman, 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

Sa Enero 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, ilang American wrestlers pa nga ang nagsabing sila si Nogert noon

In November 1923, St. Ang reporter ng Louis Star-Times na si Billy Murphy ay nakapanayam ng St. Louis wrestling promoter na si John Contos. Iminungkahi ni Murphy kay Contos na tapos na ang panahon ng mga nangingibabaw na wrestler tulad ni William Muldoon. Nagsalita si Murphy tungkol sa kamakailang laban sa pagitan “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips at ang game contender na si Webster O'Malley. Matagumpay na naipagtanggol ni Phillips ang kanyang kampeonato sa pamamagitan ng paghagis kay O'Malley pagkatapos 1 hour, 50

At “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”

Si Stanislaus Zbyszko ay naglibot sa Estados Unidos sa 1910 bilang paghahanda para sa isang title match kay World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch sa bandang huli ng taon. Dinala siya ng kanyang paglilibot sa St. Louis noong Mayo 29, 1910. Si Zbyszko ay nakatakdang makipagkita sa mataas na itinuturing na light heavyweight grappler na si Charley Olson. Si Olson ay isang bihasang wrestler, na nagsanay sa St. Louis wrestler na si George

Sa Abril 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 taon. Si Gotch ay isang taon na mas matanda ngunit itinuturing na isang up and comer. Ang mga tagahanga at reporter na sumasaklaw sa isport ay itinuturing na Gotch

Sa Martes, Marso 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 at 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, na naging 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. Sa kasamaang-palad, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

Madalas kong natagpuan ang pinakamalaking hamon sa pagsasaliksik ng maagang propesyonal na pakikipagbuno ay ang paghihiwalay ng katotohanan mula sa fiction. Kahit na ang mga wrestler ay nakikipagkumpitensya sa mga lehitimong laban, madalas nilang pinalaki ang mga kinalabasan, bumuo ng apokripal na alamat sa paligid ng kanilang mga tagumpay at gumawa ng mga haka-haka na kuwento upang ipaliwanag ang kanilang mga pagkatalo. Ang propesyonal na pakikipagbuno ay sumibol mula sa mga karnabal at pinanatili ang mga instinct na pang-promosyon ng sining na ito. St.