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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 år. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
On Tuesday, March 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 and 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, who was 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Dessverre, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Jeg har ofte funnet ut at den største utfordringen med å forske på tidlig profesjonell bryting er å skille fakta fra fiksjon. Selv når bryterne konkurrerte i legitime kamper, de oppblåste ofte utfall, bygget opp apokryfisk folklore rundt sine seire og laget fantasifulle historier for å bortforklare tapene deres. Profesjonell bryting sprang ut av karnevalene og beholdt reklameinstinktene til denne kunsten. St.
Januar 10, 1910, nylig kom polsk bryter Stanislaus Zbyszko tok på Charlie “The Kid” Cutler i en beste kamp to-ut-av-tre faller. Cutler hadde vært en bokser i en trupp drevet av John L. Sullivan før overgangen til bryting. Mens Cutler var ekstremt tøff, Stanislaus Zbyszko hadde blitt bryting siden sin ungdom. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Desember 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” bryting opprykk og slo Munn for
Jeg bestemte meg for å begynne 2020 ved å bruke to eksempler fra profesjonell bryting for å diskutere hvorfor du ville endre en historisk beretning du skrev tidligere. I å skrive historie, du er begrenset av tilgjengelige kilder om emnet. Primære kilder som dagbøker, offisielle opptegnelser og selvbiografier er svært verdifulle. Andre kilder som aviser er også gode, men
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Burns møtte den lille, men mektige Fred Beell. Mens begge bryterne veide 165 pounds, “Farmer” Burns sto 5'11” til Beells 5’04”. Den 32 år gamle Beell hadde imidlertid en stor aldersfordel over den 47 år gamle Burns. Burns debuterte inn 1879, da Beell var 3 år gammel. Mennene skulle ha en kamp i Omaha, Nebraska, en
Samme dag kjempet Joe Stecher Stanislaus Zbyszko om den anerkjente versjonen av World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i St.. Louis, Og “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and