Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
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. Þó, 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, Janúar 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. Eftir
On Memorial Day, Maí 30, 1925, Joe Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko in a worked match to reclaim the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship that Stecher had lost in December 1920. Stecher was part of a conspiracy that paid Stanislaus Zbyszko to double-cross Wayne “Big” Munn in April 1925. Zbyszko defeated Munn legitimately in one of professional wrestling’s most famous double-crosses. As
Á fimmtudaginn, Júlí 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
Atvinnuglímumenn sem deyja í hringnum eru sjaldgæfir en gerist stundum. Í 1936, 5,000 glímuaðdáendur í Washington, D.C. baulaði óvart á látinn mann í lok leiks Mike Romano vs. „Írski“ Jack Donovan leikurinn á Griffith Stadium á fimmtudaginn, Júní 25, 1936. Hinn 40 ára gamli Romano var að setja Donovan yfir í erfiðum leik. Dagblöð sögðu ranglega frá Romano sem
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Með 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. Lokum, Pesek did
Ef hann hefði verið stærri, Fred Beell hefði verið ríkjandi þungavigtarmaður á fyrsta áratug tuttugustu aldarinnar. Staðinn, stærri andstæðingar sigruðu Beell oft aðeins vegna þess að andstæðingurinn vóg Beell um þrjátíu til fimmtíu pund. Í einstaka tilfellum sem Beell glímdi millivigt, Beell mylti andstæðing sinn. Janúar 13, 1905, Beell glímdi H.P. Hansen í
During March 1910, dómsmálaráðherra Bandaríkjanna í Council Bluffs, Iowa ákærði John C. Mabray (útgáfu af raunverulegu nafni hans, Mabry) og tugi sakborninga fyrir að nota póstinn til að fremja fjárhættuspil í atvinnuhnefaleikum, atvinnuglíma, og kappreiðar í atvinnumennsku. Mabry, búfjársala sem býr í Kansas City, Missouri, starfandi innherja í hnefaleikum, glíma, og hestur