קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 צו 1930.
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. אין 1916, Pesek was an up-and-coming wrestler active in his home state of Nebraska. אויף דאנערשטאג, September 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and
Stanislaus Zbyszko toured the United States in 1910 in preparation for a title match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in the year. His tour brought him to St. לוי אויף מאי 29, 1910. Zbyszko was scheduled to meet highly regarded light heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson was a skilled wrestler, who trained with St. Louis wrestler George
I am ashamed to say I recently discovered the career of Cora Livingston, while researching the development of the local promotor system in professional wrestling during the 1910s and 1920s. Mildred Burke was the first major woman’s wrestling champion of which I was aware. אָבער, Cora Livingston claimed the World Championship a year before Burke was even born. Cora Livingston
אויף מאַרץ 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed on the last night of the International Wrestling Tournament in Detroit, מישיגן. The tournament ran for almost two months before the finale on March 10th. Wrestling historians frequently credit J. ה. McLaughlin as being the first professional wrestler to live only on his earnings as a professional wrestler. Most professional wrestlers
Yukio Tani arrived in England at the turn of the 20th Century. Tani spread ju-jitsu by taking part in challenge matches against professional wrestlers. As part of these challenge matches, Tani demonstrated ju-jitsu. Through the success of these challenges and demonstrations, Tani saw many students sign up to train with him. One of Tani’s best English students used the stage
(This excerpt is from my newest book on the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.) Jenkins proved himself the top contender as soon as McLeod won the title. אויף מיטוואך, נאָוועמבער 17, 1897, Tom Jenkins wrestled former title holder Martin “Farmer” Burns in Indianapolis, Indiana. The men wrestled a best two-out-of-three-falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling rules. Jenkins stood
אויף אפריל 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff at the Hippodrome in New York City. Promoters once again called on Lewis to settle a promotional conflict. The opposing group selected Lee Wykoff, a 36-year-old shooter from Kansas. Wykoff stood six feet, one inches tall and weighed two hundred eighteen pounds. The 44-year-old Lewis
אויף מאנטאג, דעצעמבער 6, 1932, 41-יאָר-אַלט עד "סטראַנגלער" לויס ראַנגלערייַ איינער פון זיין לעצטע לאַדזשיטאַמאַט קאַנטעס צו פאַרענטפערן אַ פּערמאָושאַנאַל פּאָלעמיק אין ניו יארק. נאָך טכילעס זייַענדיק אַלייז אין העכערונג, דזשים לאָנדאָס רייסט אַוועק פון דזשאַק קורלי ס גרופּע אין ניו יארק. צו ומקערן שלום, די פּאַרטיעס באַשלאָסן אויף אַ לאַדזשיטאַמאַט קאָנקורס אָדער "שיסן" צו פאַרענטפערן די פּאָלעמיק. יוסף "טוץ" מאנדט
אויף דינסטאג, מאַרץ 28, 1899, current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Dan S. McLeod wrestled Charles Wittmer in a two-out-of-three-falls mixed styles match. Since the champion only defended the title in catch-as-catch-can matches, McLeod wrestled Wittmer in a non-title match. Wittmer, a Greco-Roman wrestling specialist, demanded he and McLeod wrestle at least one fall under Greco-Roman rules. די סט. Paul Athletic
אויב ראַנגלעריי פאַנס וויסן פון אַנטאָן "טאַני" סטעטשער, עס איז ווי דער לאַנג-טערמין פּראָמאָטער פון פאַכמאַן ראַנגלעריי אין מיננעאַפּאָליס, Minnesota. סטעטשער סטאַרטעד פּראַמאָוטינג פאַכמאַן ראַנגלעריי אין די צווילינג סיטיעס בעשאַס 1933. סטעטשער געבויט די מיננעאַפּאָליס באָקסינג און ראַנגלעריי קלוב אין אַ שטאַרק היגע ראַנגלעריי העכערונג. סטעטשער איז אויך געווען איינער פון די פרי מיטגלידער פון די נאַשאַנאַל ראַנגלעריי אַלליאַנסע (NWA). ינגרייווער