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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
I de tidlige morgentimer i august 5, 1933, fire pengeskabstyve brød et vindue op hos Marshfield Brewing Company i Marshfield, Wisconsin. Tyvene slog en skive af pengeskabet og fjernede det $1,550.00 i føderale frimærker. I 2024 dollars, indbrudstyvene stjal over $37,000.00. De samme indbrudstyve tog med succes endnu en $1,000 i føderale frimærker fra Wausau Brewing Company
Tidligt i sin karriere, Fred Beell kæmpede Gus "Americus" Schoenlein ind 1904 og 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell vandt det eneste fald og match. Schoenlein ønskede at hævne dette nederlag. I maj 1905, Schoenleins manager sikrede en omkamp i Schoenleins hjemby Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein stod fem fod, ti centimeter høj og vejet 210 pounds. Beell stod normalt over for en
I efteråret 1921, Jack Curley og Tex Rickard engagerede sig i en reklamefejde, der startede i professionel boksning, men spredte sig til professionel brydning. Curley og Rickard afgjorde deres fejde i en lovlig konkurrence i november 1921. Curley valgte John "The Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek til at spille for ham mod Rickards wrestler Marin Plestina. Før Curley og Rickard kunne arrangere
During November 1921, John "The Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek kæmpede en legitim konkurrence med Marin Plestina for at afgøre en reklamekrig mellem Jack Curley og boksepromotoren Tex Rickard. Pesek fejlede en skadet Plestina, som var hjælpeløs til at forsvare sig. After the match, Rickard vendte tilbage til boksning, mens New York State Athletic Commission forbød Pesek at bryde i New York.
I 1919, John “Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek found himself in the same position as Marin Plestina. The dominant wrestling trust would not give Pesek a match with one of the “Big Four” – Earl Caddock, Joe Stecher, Ed “Strangler” Lewis, and Wladek Zbyszko. Unable to secure a match with Stecher, Pesek wrestled Jim Londos in Omaha, Nebraska on October 10,
On Thanksgiving in America, Thursday, November 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout wrestled former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mahmout recently to the United States to wrestle Frank Gotch for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. If Mahmout defeated Jenkins, Mahmout would prove to be a bona fide challenger to Gotch. Jenkins was the
Jack Claybourne, en af de tidligste afroamerikanere, professionelle wrestlere, blev født Elmer Claybourn i Mexico, Missouri, marts 8, 1910. I 1910, Mexico var hjemsted for ca 5,939 residents. Claybourne startede sin professionelle wrestling-karriere i Missouri i 1931. Oprindeligt, Claybourne kæmpede i det nærliggende Moberly, Missouri. Moberly havde en befolkning på 13,722 beboere i forhold til 8,290 indbyggere i Mexico, Missouri
Wrestlinghistorikere betragter enten Ed "Strangler" Lewis eller Frank Gotch for at være den største amerikanske professionelle wrestler. Mens vi ved en del om Frank Gotchs tidlige karriere, vi ved meget mindre om Ed "Strangler" Lewis' tidlige karriere. Forskellige kilder hævder, at Lewis lærte catch-as-catch-can wrestling i karnevalerne, da han kun var fjorten år gammel. Lewis
During the early 1930s, the most powerful promoters in professional wrestling, Jack Curley, Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Paul Bowser, and Tom Packs executed double-crosses on each other hurting the overall drawing power of their wrestlers. During the promotional war, Jack Pfefer aligned himself with Jack Curley and “Toots” Mondt, who ran out of New York City. I slutningen af 1933, Curley and
I took a second look at this match after listening to the Shut Up and Wrestle podcast interview with Mike Chapman, one of the foremost experts on Frank Gotch. Mike Chapman put forth a convincing argument for his belief that both Earl Caddock vs. Joe Stecher world title matches were “shoots” or legitimate contests. After reviewing the accounts of the