Category: Mga Larong Pampalakasan Kasaysayan

If wrestling fans know of Anton “Tony” Stecher, it is as the long-time promoter of professional wrestling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stecher started promoting professional wrestling in the Twin Cities during 1933. Stecher built the Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club into a powerful local wrestling promotion. Stecher was also one of the early members of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). mang-uukit

Scottish wrestler Duncan C. Ross wrestled professionally but also took part in strength and athletic contests after arriving in the United States in the late 1870s. An all-around athlete, Ross wrestled skillfully in both catch-as-catch-can wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Sa Monday, Pebrero 26, 1883, Ross wrestled former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Theobaud Bauer. Bauer brought the World Championship from France

Joe Stecher made his professional wrestling debut in late 1912 or early 1913. Stecher proved to be a dangerous professional from the beginning of his career. Martin “Farmer” Burns, the storied wrestler and trainer, brought one of his proteges, Yussiff Hussane, to test Stecher in a legitimate contest during June 1913. Burns and most followers of the sport expected Hussane

Sa Martes, Oktubre 21, 1913, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defended his newly won American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against William Demetral. Lewis wrestled Demetral at Lexington’s Auditorium on a mat instead of a ring. The mat setup played a role in the finish of the match. Promoter Jerry Walls placed a mat on the elevated stage, a common setup before the widespread

Dan McLeod defeated Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship during October 1897. McLeod held the championship for four years until he met Frank Gotch’s toughest opponent, Tom Jenkins. Noong unang bahagi ng 1899, McLeod made a couple title defenses in Minnesota. On February 24, 1899, McLeod wrestled St. Louis Middleweight Wrestling Champion George Baptiste at Conover Hall in front

Professional wrestling evolved into an athletic exhibition from legitimate contests for two reasons. I have written extensively about the first reason. Legitimate contests between equally skilled wrestlers were often long, boring affairs with little action. These contests turned off fans and prevented professional wrestling exploding as a spectator sport. I have not written as much about the second reason. Ang

Sa Monday, Marso 26, 1888, Joe Acton, na dalubhasa sa catch wrestling, nakipagbuno kay Propesor William Miller, isang Australian wrestler, at bare-knuckle prizefighter, sa isang two-out-of-three-falls na Greco-Roman wrestling match. Naniniwala ang parehong kampo ng mga lalaki na ang pakikipagbuno sa laban sa ganitong istilo ay nagsisiguro ng pinakamatamis na paligsahan sa pagitan nila. Nakipagbuno ang mga lalaki $500.00 isang gilid. 1,500 fans, isang malaking pulutong para sa kapanahunan, lumingon

Bago ang pakikipagbuno sa Kentucky noong unang bahagi ng 1910s, Kilala ng mga wrestling fan si Ed “Strangler” Lewis bilang Bob Fredrichs. Ipinanganak si Robert Friedrich sa Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Ginawa ni Lewis ang kanyang propesyonal na wrestling debut sa 1905, habang pa lang 14 taong gulang. Inisip ng mga tagataguyod ng Kentucky na si Bob Fredrichs ay napakalinaw, kaya pinili ni Lewis ang kanyang bagong pangalan bilang pagpupugay sa kapwa katutubo at orihinal na Wisconsin

Sa Mayo 7, 1901, Nakipagbuno si Tom Jenkins sa higanteng si Nouralah Hassan sa New York City. Ipinanganak sa Bulgaria noong 1870, Tumayo si Hassan ng anim na talampakan, walong pulgada ang taas at may timbang 331 pounds. Habang si Jenkins ay nagtataglay ng superior wrestling skill, Inaasahan ng mga tagahanga at mamamahayag na ang napakalaking laki ni Hassan ay magpapakita ng mga problema para kay Jenkins. Ini-book ng mga promoter ang mga lalaking makikibuno sa Madison Square Garden

Sa Biyernes, Hunyo 29, 1883, labing-apat na wrestler ang nagbayad $50 para makapasok sa dalawang araw na paligsahan para sa a $500 championship belt at $500 premyo. Richard K. Fox, may-ari at publisher ng Police Gazette, ilagay ang premyong pera at sinturon. Masugid na sinuportahan ni Fox ang promosyon ng parehong propesyonal na boksing at propesyonal na pakikipagbuno. Habang labing-apat na lalaki ang nagtangkang pumasok sa paligsahan, Fox