Category: 20ika- Century Pro na Kasaysayan ng Wrestling

Sinusulat ko ang post na ito upang iwasto ang isang naunang post na isinulat ko tungkol sa dobleng krus sa propesyonal na pakikipagbuno. Akala ko sa una ay natapos ang dobleng mga krus matapos na doble na tumawid si Stanislaus Zybszko sa Gold Dust Trio. Zbyszko, matapos sumang-ayon na mawala sa Munn, natalo siya sa kung ano ang naging isang lehitimong paligsahan para sa World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. At “Strangler” Lewis, na bumagsak ng

Isinulat ko ang post na ito dahil sa isang pag-uusap na na-tag sa akin sa Twitter tungkol sa 1911 rematch sa pagitan nina Frank Gotch at Georg Hackenschmidt para sa World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Jim Cornette, na bukod sa pagiging isa sa mga pinakamahusay na tagapamahala sa propesyonal na pakikipagbuno ay isa ring kilalang pro wrestling historian, napag-usapan ang tungkol sa double cross sa ikalawang Gotch-Hack match

Kailan “Ang Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, na kilala bilang “Pataga” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman

Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 minuto. Nanalo si Beell sa

Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Sa pamamagitan ng 1904 o 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,

Si Jim Londos ay tumaas sa hanay ng propesyonal na pakikipagbuno upang maging pinakamalaking box office star hindi lamang noong 1930s kundi sa lahat ng panahon. Gayunman, kung hindi dumating ang Londos sa St. Louis noong unang bahagi ng 1920s, maaaring iba ang kwento. Natuto ang Londos ng catch-as-catch-can wrestling habang si Londos ay gumanap bilang isang malakas na tao sa carnival circuit noong

Noong Oktubre 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Championship ngunit nanatiling wala sa spotlight hanggang

Noong Nobyembre 7, 1908, Charles Olson nakilala “Americus” Gus Schonlein para sa World Banayad na matimbang Wrestling Championship. Ang pagpareho ay pinatunayan upang maging kapana-panabik na bilang mga tagamasid pinaghihinalaang magiging ngunit ito natapos sa kontrobersya. Olson stood 6’01” ngunit tinitimbang lamang 170 pounds. Ipinanganak Max Flaskamp sa Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, kinuha niya ang pangalan Charles o Charley Olson