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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
During June 1927, the Illinois state legislature rocked the professional boxing and professional wrestling worlds when a subcommittee started investigating the state athletic commission. The legislature believed that promoters were putting on “fake” contests in both sports. Before the committee concluded its work, it suspended the boxing and wrestling licenses of 130 athletes. These revelations further disillusioned wrestling fans aggravated
Jim Londos developed a national reputation as one of the top professional wrestlers during the 1910s. Sepandan, Londos’ career took a major step forward when Londos started wrestling for the fledgling St. Louis promotion in the early 1920s. Londos headlined the first card in late 1921. Londos wrestled on the second card on Thursday, Janvye 26, 1922, as well. Current
Lè gwo Jack Johnson la te bat Tommy Burns pou chanpyona mondyal boksè pwa lou, etablisman boksè a te kòmanse chèche yon "espwa blan" pou defèt Johnson. Nan dezespwa jwenn yon moun pou defèt Johnson, pwomotè yo ak ekriven espò yo te kòmanse fè lobby sou ansyen chanpyon mondyal pwa lou James J. Jeffries pou mete fen nan retrèt li al goumen Johnson. Jeffries te pran retrèt san defèt nan 1905. After
Nan Jou Memoryal la, Me 30, 1925, Joe Stecher te bat Stanislaus Zbyszko nan yon match travay pou reprann chanpyona Mondyal Lut Pwa Lou Stecher te pèdi an Desanm. 1920. Stecher te fè pati yon konplo ki te peye Stanislaus Zbyszko pou double kwaze Wayne "Big" Munn nan mwa avril. 1925. Zbyszko te bat Munn lejitimman nan youn nan doub-kwa ki pi popilè lit pwofesyonèl yo.. Kòm
Nan Jedi, Jiyè 9, 1925, Ed "Strangler" Lewis te fè youn nan defans yo byen bonè nan vèsyon li nan World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship nan Tulsa., Oklahoma. Lewis te lite Howard Cantonwine devan 5,000 fanatik nan McNulty Park. Apre Stanislaus Zbyszko double-travèse gwoup pwomosyon Sandow ak Lewis la lè li te bat Wayne "Big” Munn lejitimman, tou de Joe Stecher ak Ed "Strangler" Lewis
Jim Londos developed into professional wrestling’s biggest box office star during the 1930s. Londos wrestled main events against Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Jim Browning at baseball stadiums. These matches drew crowds of more than 30,000 fans for the first time since the second Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt in 1911. When Londos wrestled in Greece, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at
Lutteur pwofesyonèl ki mouri nan bag la ra, men detanzantan rive. Nan 1936, 5,000 fanatik lit nan Washington, D.C. inadvèrtans boo yon nonm mouri nan fen Mike Romano vs. Match "Ilandè" Jack Donovan nan Griffith Stadium nan Jedi, Jen 25, 1936. Romano a 40-zan te mete Donovan sou nan yon match travay. Jounal yo pa egzat rapòte Romano kòm
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Pa 1915, wrestlers worked their matches. Skilled lightweight wrestler Clarence Ecklund trained Pesek in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Pesek developed into a skilled hooker or submission wrestler. Pesek never liked working and wrestled contests in his early career. Evantyèlman, Pesek did
Si li te pi gwo, Fred Beell ta yon pwa loud dominan nan premye deseni Ventyèm syèk la. Instead, pi gwo opozan souvan bat Beell sèlman paske advèsè a depase Beell pa trant a senkant liv.. Nan okazyon ki ra ke Beell te lite yon pwa mwayen, Beell kraze advèsè li. Nan mwa janvye 13, 1905, Beell te lite H.P. Hansen nan
During March 1910, Pwokirè Jeneral Etazini nan Council Bluffs, Iowa akize John C. Mabray (yon vèsyon nan non aktyèl li, Mabry) ak yon douzèn akize ki sèvi ak lapòs pou komèt fwod jwèt aza nan boksè pwofesyonèl, lit pwofesyonèl, ak kous cheval pwofesyonèl. Mabry, yon machann bèt k ap viv nan Kansas City, Missouri, anplwaye inisye nan boksè, lit, ak chwal