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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Over the past twenty years, preservationists have found several wrestling films from the 1920s through the 1950s that were assumed lost. Fans can watch most of the newly discovered films on YouTube. One of the surviving films is eighteen minutes of an hour, twenty minutes match from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1930. Jim Londos wrestled Dick Shikat (video link) for a
Nan samdi, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, fresh off his first tour of the United States, wrestled the Great Gama at Shepherd’s Bush Stadium in London, Angletè. 7,000 spectators crowded into the stadium to watch the match. A few weeks earlier, Mr. Benjamin brought a group of Pehlwani wrestlers from India to wrestle in England. Fans consider the Great Gama
When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Sepandan, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Malerezman, the exploits of Martin “Kiltivatè” Burns and Evan “Strangler a” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
Mondyal lour lit chanpyon Ed “Strangler” Lewis was scheduled to meet former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko at the St. Louis Coliseum nan Jedi, Desanm 14, 1922 men match la te prèske te rele akòz dezakò sou seleksyon an nan yon abit. Li te sèlman apre lapriyè Bondye a St. Louis pwomotè Jan Contos ke tou de moun te dakò ak St. Louis
Nan Madi, Desanm 12, 1916, local favorite, John “Tigerman nan Nebraska” Pesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “Dutch” Mantell, in a worked match. Pesek recently trained with fellow Nebraska wrestler and recognized World Champion Joe Stecher prior to this match. Pesek developed a notorious reputation for shooting with other wrestlers. Sepandan, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, lè
Oscar Wasem te kòmanse karyè li nan St. Louis, Missouri anba titèl George Baptiste. Wasem te yon luteur ase bon ke Wasem te bat yon jèn Frank Gotch nan 1901. Wasem, St a. Louis chanpyon, estime Gotch, chanpyon nan Iowa. Pandan ke Gotch te kontinye vin pi gwo wrèstle pwofesyonèl lejitim Amerik la, Wasem te rete yon vwayajè solid. Wasem konplete pwofesyonèl li
Mwen fèk dekouvri yon clip twa minit sou YouTube, ki enkli de nan Jim Londos’ alimèt soti nan ane 1930 yo. Nan premye match la, Londos lite Abe Coleman. Nan dezyèm match la, Londos lite yon match estil melanje ak Oki Shikina, ki te fòme pa Taro Miyake, senti nwa judo a ak wrèstle pwofesyonèl. Londos te pi gwo zetwal nan bwat
Sou Desanm 17, 1923, Jim Browning te lite yon match ra nan vil li a nan Verona, Missouri. Katsan (400) fanatik ki soti nan zòn ki antoure a te rasanble nan lokal la pou yo gade match ant Browning ak Clarence Jenkins., yon wrèstle soti nan Emporia, Kansas. Tou de Browning ak Jenkins lite pi fò nan alimèt yo nan Kansas pandan 1923. Browning te kòmanse yon karyè sa
Sou Novanm 18, 1938, ansyen chanpyon mondyal lit Jim Londos lite aktyèl chanpyon mondyal Bronko Nagurski, gwo ansyen jwè foutbòl pou Chicago Bears. Mesye yo te lite nan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pou vèsyon Nagurski a nan chanpyona mondyal la lit. Ou ka wè match 14 minit la an antye sou YouTube. Lè mwen wè match la pou premye fwa, several
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek wrestled two of the most famous legitimate contests of the 1920s. Pesek ended two promotional wars by agreeing to “shoot” contests with Marin Plestina and Nat Pendelton. Nan 1916, Pesek was an up-and-coming wrestler active in his home state of Nebraska. Nan Jedi, September 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and