Mahmout Jegħleb lil Jenkins fi Straight Falls

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Fuq Thanksgiving fl-Amerika, Thursday, Novembru 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout ġġieled lill-eks Champion Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight Tom Jenkins f'Madison Square Garden fi New York City. Mahmout reċentement lejn l-Istati Uniti biex jiġġieled Frank Gotch għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight. Jekk Mahmout għeleb lil Jenkins, Mahmout ikun sfidant bona fide għal Gotch. Jenkins kien il-

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Jack Claybourne’s Missouri Roots

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Jack Claybourne, one of the earliest African-American, professional wrestlers, was born Elmer Claybourn at Mexico, Missouri, dwar Marzu 8, 1910. Fil 1910, Mexico was home to about 5,939 residents. Claybourne started his professional wrestling career in Missouri in 1931. Initially, Claybourne wrestled in nearby Moberly, Missouri. Moberly had a population of 13,722 residents compared to 8,290 residents in Mexico, Missouri

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Qabel Kien Ed “Strangler” Lewis

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L-istoriċi tal-lotta jqisu jew lil Ed "Strangler" Lewis jew lil Frank Gotch bħala l-akbar wrestler professjonali Amerikan.. Filwaqt li nafu pjuttost ftit dwar il-karriera bikrija ta’ Frank Gotch, nafu ħafna inqas dwar il-karriera bikrija ta 'Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Diversi sorsi jsostnu li Lewis tgħallem il-lotta catch-as-catch-can fil-karnivals meta kellu biss erbatax-il sena.. Lewis

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Jack Pfefer Jesponi Pro Wrestling

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Matul il-bidu tas-snin tletin, l-aktar promoturi qawwija fil-lotta professjonali, Jack Curley, Joseph "Toots" Mondt, Paul Bowser, u Tom Packs esegwiti double-crosses fuq xulxin li jweġġgħu l-qawwa ġenerali tal-ġbid tal-wrestlers tagħhom. Matul il-gwerra promozzjonali, Jack Pfefer allinja ruħu ma 'Jack Curley u "Toots" Mondt, li spiċċaw minn New York City. Fl-aħħar 1933, Curley u

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L-Ewwel Partita Caddock-Stecher

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Tajt it-tieni ħarsa lejn din il-partita wara li smajt l-intervista tal-podcast Shut Up and Wrestle ma’ Mike Chapman, wieħed mill-esperti ewlenin fuq Frank Gotch. Mike Chapman ressaq argument konvinċenti għat-twemmin tiegħu li kemm Earl Caddock vs. Il-logħbiet tat-titlu dinji Joe Stecher kienu "rimjiet" jew kompetizzjonijiet leġittimi. Wara li tirrevedi l-kontijiet tal-

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Browning Shoots ma' Miyake?

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Nhar it-Tlieta, Ġunju 3, 1924, up-and-coming wrestler Jim Browning challenged Taro Miyake in a mixed styles match in Nashville, Tennessee. Browning, a wrestler from Verona, Missouri recently left the Missouri-Kansas area to wrestle in Tennessee and Kentucky. The 21-year-old Browning was developing a reputation for solid wrestling. Browning impressed promoters so much in the 1920s that the promoters put the

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Londra vs. Shikat in 1930

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Matul l-aħħar għoxrin sena, preservazzjonisti sabu diversi films tal-lotta mill-1920s sal-1950ijiet li kienu preżunti mitlufa. Il-partitarji jistgħu jaraw il-biċċa l-kbira tal-films skoperti ġodda fuq YouTube. Wieħed mill-films li baqgħu ħajjin huwa ta’ tmintax-il minuta ta’ siegħa, partita g[oxrin minuta minn Philadelphia, Pennsylvania fi 1930. Jim Londos ġġieled Dick Shikat (link tal-vidjo) for a

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Great Gama Wrestles Stanislaus Zbyszko

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Nhar is-Sibt, Settembru 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, frisk mill-ewwel tour tiegħu fl-Istati Uniti, ġġieldu mal-Great Gama f’Shepherd’s Bush Stadium f’Londra, Ingilterra. 7,000 l-ispettaturi nġabru fil-grawnd biex isegwu l-partita. Ftit ġimgħat qabel, Mr. Benjamin ġab grupp ta’ lottaturi Pehlwani mill-Indja biex jiġġieldu fl-Ingilterra. Fannijiet jikkunsidraw il-Great Gama

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Lewis Waqqa 'Titlu lil Sonnenberg

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Ed “Strangler” Lewis huwa wieħed mill-aqwa żewġ wrestlers professjonali Amerikani ta’ kull żmien. Filwaqt li Lewis kien wrestler sottomissjoni leġittima, li seta’ jegħleb lil xi ħadd f’konkors ta’ lotta, ħadem kważi esklussivament f'logħbiet ta' esibizzjoni rranġati minn qabel. Fil 1929, ħa sehem f’logħba ma’ plejer tal-futbol professjonali li sar wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg kien fuq il-Providenza Steam Roller,

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Lewis u Zbyszko Jargumentaw Fuq Referee

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Champion tad-Dinja tal-Lotta Heavyweight Ed “Strangler” Lewis kien skedat li jiltaqa’ mal-eks champion Stanislaus Zbyszko fis-St. Louis Coliseum nhar il-Ħamis, Diċembru 14, 1922 i]da l-partita kwa]i twaqqfet min[abba nuqqas ta’ qbil dwar lg[a]la ta’ referee. Kien biss wara l-interċessjoni ta’ St. Louis promotur John Contos li ż-żewġt irġiel qablu li St. Louis

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