Category: 20th Century Professional Wrestling

Mimi kuandika hii post kusahihisha baada ya awali niliandika kuhusu misalaba mara mbili katika mieleka. Mimi awali walidhani misalaba mara mbili kumalizika baada Stanislaus Zybszko mara mbili shilingi Gold vumbi Trio. Zbyszko, baada ya kukubaliana na kupoteza kwa Munn, kushindwa kwake katika nini akageuka katika mashindano halali World Heavyweight Championship Wrestling. Na “Strangler” Lewis, aliyeacha

Niliandika makala hii kutokana na mazungumzo mimi alitambulishwa katika Twitter kuhusu 1911 kucheza tena kati ya Frank Gotch na Georg Hackenschmidt kwa World Heavyweight Championship Wrestling. Jim Cornette, ambao badala ya kuwa mmoja wa mameneja bora katika mieleka ni pia alibainisha pro mieleka historia, kuongea kuhusu msalaba mara mbili katika pili Gotch-Hack match

Siku ya Jumatatu, Juni 25, 1934, current World Champion Jim Browning defended his world title against Jim Londos. Browning dropped the title to Londos in a match to end the promotional war which led to the double-crosses of the early 1930s. 20,000 fans crowded into Madison Square Garden to see the match leading to a $40,000 gate. Jack Curley enjoyed a

When “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, inajulikana kama “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt alishinda taji la dunia kwa Greco-Roman

Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 dakika. Beell won the

Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. By 1904 au 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,

Jim Londos alipanda safu ya mieleka ya kitaaluma na kuwa nyota mkuu wa ofisi ya sanduku sio tu ya miaka ya 1930 lakini wa wakati wote.. Hata hivyo, kama Londos hangekuja St. Louis mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1920, hadithi inaweza kuwa tofauti kabisa. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during

Mnamo Oktoba 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Ubingwa lakini ulisalia bila kuangaziwa hadi

Novemba 7, 1908, Charles Olson alikutana “Americus” Gus Schonlein kwa Mashindano ya Dunia ya Mieleka ya Uzito wa Juu. Mechi hiyo ilionekana kuwa ya kusisimua kama waangalizi walishuku kuwa ingekuwa hivyo lakini ilimalizika kwa utata. Olson alisimama 6’01” bali kupimwa tu 170 paundi. Alizaliwa Max Flaskamp huko Krefeld, Kaskazini mwa Rhine-Westphalia 1879, alichukua jina Charles au Charley Olson