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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 za 1930.
Jim Londos developed a national reputation as one of the top professional wrestlers during the 1910s. Vendar, 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, Januar 26, 1922, as well. Current
Januarja 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
Aprila 24, 1889, Gimnazija v Missouriju je gostila vsakoletni dogodek, da bi poudarila atletske dosežke svojih članov. Člani so pokazali gimnastične spretnosti in druge atletske sposobnosti, medtem ko je orkester ali idealni klub Banjo v ozadju predvajal glasbo. Vodje gimnazije so za večer rezervirali glavno atrakcijo. George Baptiste, St. Louis Middleweight Wrestler, ki se je specializiral
On Memorial Day, Lahko 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
Četrtek, Julij 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
Četrtek, Marec 31, 1881, 200 Oboževalci so se filtrirali v newyorško dvorano Turnverein in gledali Clarence Whistlerja, ki se bori Henryja Mosesa Dufurja v treh do petih padcih, ki so se uvrstili v rokoborbo z obema rokoborboma z obema rokoborboma, ki nosita jakne. Promotorji so pravila in jopiči uporabili celo možnosti vsakega rokoborca za zmago. Clarence Whistler se je specializirala za grško-rimsko rokovanje. Whistler je vzel svetovnega prvaka v težki kategoriji
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
Professional wrestlers dying in the ring is rare but occasionally happens. V 1936, 5,000 wrestling fans in Washington, Enosmerno. inadvertently booed a dead man at the end of the Mike Romano vs. “Irish” Jack Donovan match at Griffith Stadium on Thursday, Junij 25, 1936. The 40-year-old Romano was putting Donovan over in a worked match. Newspapers inaccurately reported Romano as
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Jo 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. Sčasoma, Pesek did
Ponedeljek, Junij 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