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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 arte 1930.
Jim Londos developed a national reputation as one of the top professional wrestlers during the 1910s. Hala ere, Londos’ career took a major step forward when Londos started wrestling for the fledgling St. Louis promotion in the early 1920s. Londos headlined the first card in late 1921. Londos wrestled on the second card on Thursday, Urtarrila 26, 1922, as well. Current
Urtarrilaren On 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg defended his AWA World Title, based in the Boston promotion of Paul Bowser, in Boston Arena against former world champion Joe Stecher. Two minutes of film survived from the hour-long match. Gus Sonnenberg traded on his celebrity as a professional football player to become a wrestling star. Sonnenberg helped the Providence Steam Roller win
Apirilaren 24, 1889, Missouriko gimnasioak bere urteko ekitaldia antolatu zuen bere kideen lorpen atletikoak nabarmentzeko. Kideek gimnastikarako trebetasunak eta beste kirol-gaitasun batzuk erakutsi zituzten orkestra batek edo Ideal Banjo Clubek atzealdean musika jotzen zuten bitartean.. Gimnasioko arduradunek erakargarri nagusi bat erreserbatu zuten arratsalderako. George Baptiste, a St. Louis pisu ertaineko borrokalaria espezializatua
On Memorial Day, Maiatzaren 30, 1925, Joe Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko in a worked match to reclaim the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship that Stecher had lost in December 1920. Stecher was part of a conspiracy that paid Stanislaus Zbyszko to double-cross Wayne “Big” Munn in April 1925. Zbyszko defeated Munn legitimately in one of professional wrestling’s most famous double-crosses. As
On Thursday, Uztaila 9, 1925, Ed “Strangler” Lewis made one of the early defenses of his version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis wrestled Howard Cantonwine in front of 5,000 fans at McNulty Park. After Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Sandow’s and Lewis’ promotional group by defeating Wayne “Big” Munn legitimately, both Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis
On Thursday, Martxoa 31, 1881, 200 zaleak New Yorkeko Turnverein aretora iragazi ziren Clarence Whistler Henry Moses Dufur-ek borrokan borrokatzen zuen ikustera, bost erortzetik hirutan harrapatzeko borroka partida batean, bi borrokalariek jaka jantzita.. Sustatzaileek arauak eta jakak erabili zituzten borrokalari bakoitzak irabazteko aukerak berdintzeko. Clarence Whistler borroka greko-erromatarrean espezializatu zen. Whistlerrek Munduko Pisu Astunen Borroka txapelduna hartu zuen
Jim Londos developed into professional wrestling’s biggest box office star during the 1930s. Londos wrestled main events against Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Jim Browning at baseball stadiums. These matches drew crowds of more than 30,000 fans for the first time since the second Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt in 1911. When Londos wrestled in Greece, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at
Borrokalari profesionalak ring-ean hiltzea arraroa da, baina noizean behin gertatzen da. Urtean 1936, 5,000 Borroka zaleak Washingtonen, D.C. nahi gabe, Mike Romano vs. Jack Donovan "irlandarra" partida Griffith Stadium-en ostegunean, Ekaina 25, 1936. 40 urteko Romano Donovan jartzen ari zen landutako partida batean. Egunkariek zehaztasunez salatu zuten Romano
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Arabera 1915, wrestlers worked their matches. Skilled lightweight wrestler Clarence Ecklund trained Pesek in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Pesek developed into a skilled hooker or submission wrestler. Pesek never liked working and wrestled contests in his early career. Azkenean, Pesek did
Astelehenean, Ekaina 25, 1934, current World Champion Jim Browning defended his world title against Jim Londos. Browning dropped the title to Londos in a match to end the promotional war which led to the double-crosses of the early 1930s. 20,000 fans crowded into Madison Square Garden to see the match leading to a $40,000 gate. Jack Curley enjoyed a