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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Sou Desanm 17, 1923, Jim Browning te lite yon match ra nan vil li a nan Verona, Missouri. Katsan (400) fanatik ki soti nan zòn ki antoure a te rasanble nan lokal la pou yo gade match ant Browning ak Clarence Jenkins., yon wrèstle soti nan Emporia, Kansas. Tou de Browning ak Jenkins lite pi fò nan alimèt yo nan Kansas pandan 1923. Browning te kòmanse yon karyè sa
Sou Novanm 18, 1938, ansyen chanpyon mondyal lit Jim Londos lite aktyèl chanpyon mondyal Bronko Nagurski, gwo ansyen jwè foutbòl pou Chicago Bears. Mesye yo te lite nan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pou vèsyon Nagurski a nan chanpyona mondyal la lit. Ou ka wè match 14 minit la an antye sou YouTube. Lè mwen wè match la pou premye fwa, several
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek wrestled two of the most famous legitimate contests of the 1920s. Pesek ended two promotional wars by agreeing to “shoot” contests with Marin Plestina and Nat Pendelton. Nan 1916, Pesek was an up-and-coming wrestler active in his home state of Nebraska. Nan Jedi, September 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and
Sou Avril 13, 1936, Ed "Strangler" Lewis te lite final konkou lejitim li ak Lee Wykoff nan Hippodrome nan vil Nouyòk.. Pwomotè yon lòt fwa ankò te rele Lewis pou rezoud yon konfli pwomosyon. Gwoup opoze a te chwazi Lee Wykoff, yon tirè 36-zan ki soti Kansas. Wykoff te kanpe sis pye, yon pous wotè ak peze desan dizwit liv. Lewis la 44-zan
Mwen wont di mwen fèk dekouvri karyè Cora Livingston, pandan y ap fè rechèch sou devlopman sistèm pwomotè lokal la nan lit pwofesyonèl pandan ane 1910 yo ak ane 1920 yo.. Mildred Burke te premye chanpyon lit gwo fanm nan ke mwen te okouran. Sepandan, Cora Livingston te reklame chanpyona mondyal la yon ane anvan Burke te menm fèt. Cora Livingston
Nan Lendi, Desanm 6, 1932, 41-Ed "Strangler" Lewis te lite youn nan dènye konkou lejitim li yo pou rezoud yon diskisyon pwomosyon nan New York.. Apre okòmansman yo te alye nan pwomosyon, Jim Londos te separe ak gwoup Jack Curley nan New York. Pou retabli lapè, pati yo deside sou yon konkou lejitim oswa "tire" rezoud dispit la. Joseph "Toots" Mondt
Si fanatik lit konnen Anton "Tony" Stecher, li se kòm pwomotè a depi lontan nan lit pwofesyonèl nan Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stecher te kòmanse fè pwomosyon lit pwofesyonèl nan Twin Cities yo pandan 1933. Stecher te konstwi Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club nan yon pwomosyon lit pwisan lokal. Stecher te tou youn nan premye manm National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Graveur
Joe Stecher made his professional wrestling debut in late 1912 or early 1913. Stecher proved to be a dangerous professional from the beginning of his career. Martin “Farmer” Burns, the storied wrestler and trainer, brought one of his proteges, Yussiff Hussane, to test Stecher in a legitimate contest during June 1913. Burns and most followers of the sport expected Hussane
Nan Madi, Oktòb 21, 1913, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defended his newly won American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against William Demetral. Lewis wrestled Demetral at Lexington’s Auditorium on a mat instead of a ring. The mat setup played a role in the finish of the match. Promoter Jerry Walls placed a mat on the elevated stage, a common setup before the widespread
Professional wrestling evolved into an athletic exhibition from legitimate contests for two reasons. I have written extensively about the first reason. Legitimate contests between equally skilled wrestlers were often long, boring affairs with little action. These contests turned off fans and prevented professional wrestling exploding as a spectator sport. I have not written as much about the second reason. Nan