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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Dhau lub xyoo dhau los no, preservationists pom muaj ob peb wrestling films ntawm lub 1920s los ntawm cov 1950s uas tau assumed poob lawm. Kiv cua yuav saib feem ntau ntawm cov tshiab khiv sab films rau YouTube. Yog ib lub surviving films yog yim feeb ntawm ib teev, Nees nkaum feeb ntais ntawv ntawm Philadelphia, Pennsylvania hauv 1930. Jim Londos wrestled Dick Shikat (yees duab txuas) rau ib tug
Rau hnub Saturday, Cuaj hlis 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Tshiab tawm ntawm nws thawj ncig xyuas ntawm lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas, Wrestled tus poj Gama ntawm shepherd lub hav txwv yeem chaw ntau pob nyob rau London, Hais. 7,000 spectators crowded rau hauv lub chaw ntau pob saib ntais ntawv. ob peb lub lis piam lawm, Mr. Benjamin coj ib pawg Pehlwani wrestlers ntawm khej mus wrestle hauv hais. Kiv cua xav txog qhov zoo kawg thiab Gama
When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Txawm li cas los, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Hmoov tsis, the exploits of Martin “Ua teb” Burns and Evan “Lub Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis twb teem tau raws li tus tau zus ib Stanislaus Zbyszko ntawm lub St. Louis Coliseum txog hnub plaub, Hlis ntuj nqeg 14, 1922 tab sis, ntais ntawv yuav luag tus hu ua rho tawm hauj lwm vim qhov dhau ib referee xaiv. Txoog xwb tom qab cov intercession of St. Louis promoter John Contos uas leej txiv neej pom zoo rau cov me nyuam. Louis
Tuesday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 12, 1916, local favorite, John “Tus Nebraska Tsovman” 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. Txawm li cas los, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, Thauj tw
Oscar Wasem pib nws cov hauj lwm nyob rau hauv St. Louis, Missouri under the tutelage of George Baptiste. Wasem was a good enough wrestler that Wasem defeated a young Frank Gotch in 1901. Wasem, cov me nyuam. Louis Champion, pinned Gotch, Iowa Champion. Thaum Gotch mus ua America tus loj tshaj tseeb kev wrestler, Wasem tseem nyob ib solid journeyman. Wasem supplemented his professional
I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londos’ matches from the 1930s. In the first match, Londos wrestles Abe Coleman. In the second match, Londos wrestles a mixed styles match with Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, the Judo black belt and professional wrestler. Londos was the biggest box office star
Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, Missouri. Four hundred fans from the surrounding area crowded into the venue to watch the match between Browning and Clarence Jenkins, a wrestler from Emporia, Kansas. Both Browning and Jenkins wrestled most of their matches in Kansas during 1923. Browning was starting a career that
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 18, 1938, Qub ntiaj teb wrestling tau zus ib Jim Londos wrestled tam sim no tau zus ib Bronko Nagurski, Tus poj qub football neeg uas ua ntawv rau lub Chicago Bears. Cov txiv neej wrestled hauv Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rau Nagurski version ntawm lub ntiaj teb wrestling championship. Koj yuav saib tau lub 14-feeb match hauv nws cov entirety rau YouTube. Thaum kuv saib ntais ntawv thawj zaug, ntau
John "Tus Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek wrestled ob tug ntawm cov nto moo tshaj plaws contests ntawm lub 1920s. Pesek twb ob promotional wars los pom zoo "tua" contests nrog Marin Plestina thiab Nat Pendelton. Nyob rau hauv 1916, Pesek yog ib up-and-coming wrestler yam nyob rau hauv nws lub xeev ntawm Nebraska. Txog hnub plaub, Cuaj hlis 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled lwm Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Kiv cua thiab kiv cua