Category: 20th Century Professional Wrestling

Mapema katika kazi yake, Fred Beell wrestled Gus “Americus” Schoenlein in 1904 na 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell won the only fall and match. Schoenlein wanted to avenge this defeat. In May 1905, Schoenlein’s manager secured a rematch in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein stood five feet, ten inches tall and weighed 210 paundi. Beell usually faced a

Katika kuanguka kwa 1921, Jack Curley na Tex Rickard walihusika katika ugomvi wa utangazaji ambao ulianza katika ndondi za kulipwa lakini ukaenea hadi kwenye mieleka ya kitaaluma.. Curley na Rickard walitatua ugomvi wao katika shindano halali mnamo Novemba 1921. Curley alimchagua John "The Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek kuchukua nafasi yake dhidi ya mwanamieleka wa Rickard Marin Plestina.. Kabla ya Curley na Rickard kupanga

Wakati wa Novemba 1921, John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek alipigana pambano halali na Marin Plestina ili kusuluhisha vita vya uendelezaji kati ya Jack Curley na promota wa ndondi Tex Rickard.. Pesek alimfanyia madhambi Plestina aliyejeruhiwa, ambaye alikuwa hoi kujitetea. After the match, Rickard alirejea kwenye ndondi huku Tume ya riadha ya Jimbo la New York ikimpiga marufuku Pesek kushiriki mieleka huko New York..

In 1919, John “Tiger ya Nebraska” Pesek alijikuta katika nafasi sawa na Marin Plestina. Uaminifu mkubwa wa mieleka haungempa Pesek mechi na mmoja wapo “Kubwa Nne” – Earl Caddock, Joe Stecher, Na “Strangler” Lewis, na Wladek Zbyszko. Imeshindwa kupata mechi na Stecher, Sand alipambana na Jim Londos huko Omaha, Nebraska mnamo Oktoba 10,

Juu ya Shukrani huko Amerika, Thursday, Novemba 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout alimenyana na Bingwa wa zamani wa Mieleka wa Marekani Tom Jenkins kwenye Uwanja wa Madison Square Garden huko New York City.. Mahmout hivi majuzi alielekea Marekani kumenyana na Frank Gotch kuwania ubingwa wa Dunia wa Mieleka ya uzito wa juu. Ikiwa Mahmout alimshinda Jenkins, Mahmout angekuwa mpinzani mzuri wa Gotch. Jenkins alikuwa

Jack Claybourne, one of the earliest African-American, professional wrestlers, was born Elmer Claybourn at Mexico, Missouri, on March 8, 1910. In 1910, Mexico was home to about 5,939 residents. Claybourne started his professional wrestling career in Missouri in 1931. Awali, Claybourne wrestled in nearby Moberly, Missouri. Moberly had a population of 13,722 residents compared to 8,290 residents in Mexico, Missouri

Wrestling historians consider either Ed “Strangler” Lewis or Frank Gotch to be the greatest American professional wrestler. While we know quite a bit about the early career of Frank Gotch, we know much less about the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Various sources claim Lewis learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling in the carnivals when he was only fourteen years old. Lewis

Katika miaka ya mapema ya 1930, mapromota wenye nguvu zaidi katika mieleka ya kitaaluma, Jack Curley, Joseph "Toots" Mondt, Paul Bowser, na Tom Packs walinyongana misalaba miwili na kuumiza uwezo wa jumla wa kuchora wa wanamieleka wao. Wakati wa vita vya uendelezaji, Jack Pfefer alijipanga na Jack Curley na "Toots" Mondt, ambaye alikimbia nje ya Jiji la New York. In late 1933, Curley na

Niliangalia mechi hii mara ya pili baada ya kusikiliza mahojiano ya podcast ya Shut Up na Wrestle na Mike Chapman, mmoja wa wataalam wa kwanza juu ya Frank Gotch. Mike Chapman alitoa hoja yenye kuridhisha kwa imani yake kwamba wote wawili Earl Caddock dhidi ya. Mechi za taji la dunia la Joe Stecher zilikuwa "chipukizi" au mashindano halali. Baada ya kupitia hesabu za