Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
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. Však, 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, Leden 26, 1922, as well. Current
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Po
V Memorial Day, Květen 30, 1925, Joe Stecher porazil Stanislause Zbyszko 1920. Stecher byl součástí spiknutí, které zaplatilo Stanislaus Zbyszko do dubna Double-Cross Wayne „Big“ Munn 1925. Zbyszko porazil Munna legitimně v jednom z nejslavnějších dvojitých křížení profesionálních zápasů. As
Ve čtvrtek, Červenec 9, 1925, Ed “Strangler” Lewis made one of the early defenses of his version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis wrestled Howard Cantonwine in front of 5,000 fans at McNulty Park. After Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Sandow’s and Lewis’ promotional group by defeating Wayne “Big” Munn legitimately, both Joe Stecher and 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
Professional wrestlers dying in the ring is rare but occasionally happens. V 1936, 5,000 wrestling fans in Washington, D.C.. inadvertently booed a dead man at the end of the Mike Romano vs. “Irish” Jack Donovan match at Griffith Stadium on Thursday, Červen 25, 1936. The 40-year-old Romano was putting Donovan over in a worked match. Newspapers inaccurately reported Romano as
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Podle 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. Nakonec, Pesek did
Kdyby byl větší, Fred Beell by byl dominantní těžká váha v první dekádě dvacátého století. Instead, větší protivníci často porazili Beella jen proto, že soupeř převážil Beella o třicet až padesát liber. Ve vzácných případech, kdy Beell zápasil ve střední váze, Beell rozdrtil svého soupeře. Ledna 13, 1905, Beell zápasil s H.P. Hansen dovnitř
During March 1910, generální prokurátor Spojených států v Council Bluffs, Iowa obvinila Johna C. Mabray (verzi jeho skutečného jména, Mabry) a tucet obžalovaných z používání pošty ke spáchání hazardních podvodů v profesionálním boxu, profesionální wrestling, a profesionální dostihy. Mabry, obchodník s dobytkem žijící v Kansas City, Missouri, zaměstnával insidery v boxu, zápas, a koně