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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 i 1930.
Jim Londos developed a national reputation as one of the top professional wrestlers during the 1910s. Fodd bynnag,, 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, Ionawr 26, 1922, as well. Current
Ar Ebrill 24, 1889, the Missouri Gymnasium hosted its annual event to highlight the athletic accomplishments of its members. Members showed off gymnastic skills and other athletic ability while an orchestra or the Ideal Banjo Club played music in the background. The gymnasium managers booked a main attraction for the evening. George Baptiste, a St. Louis middleweight wrestler who specialized
On Memorial Day, Mai 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
Ar ddydd Iau, Gorffennaf 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
Ar ddydd Iau, Mawrth 31, 1881, 200 Hidlo ffans i mewn i Neuadd Turnverein Efrog Newydd i wylio Clarence Whistler yn ymgodymu Henry Moses Dufur mewn gêm reslo dal-fel-dal-all-ddal tri-allan-pump-ydd gyda'r ddau reslwr yn gwisgo siacedi. Defnyddiodd yr hyrwyddwyr y rheolau a'r siacedi i hyd yn oed y siawns y bydd pob reslwr yn ennill. Roedd Clarence Whistler yn arbenigo mewn reslo Greco-Rufeinig. Cymerodd Whistler Bencampwr reslo pwysau trwm y byd
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
Mae reslwyr proffesiynol yn marw yn y cylch yn brin ond yn digwydd weithiau. Yn 1936, 5,000 cefnogwyr reslo yn Washington, D.C. beiddio dyn marw yn anfwriadol ar ddiwedd gêm Mike Romano vs. Gêm “Wyddelig” Jack Donovan yn Stadiwm Griffith ddydd Iau, Mehefin 25, 1936. Roedd y Romano 40 oed yn rhoi Donovan drosodd mewn gêm weithiedig. Adroddodd papurau newydd fod Romano yn anghywir
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Erbyn 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. Yn y pen draw, Pesek did
During March 1910, Twrnai Cyffredinol yr Unol Daleithiau yn Council Bluffs, Cyhuddodd Iowa John C. Mabray (fersiwn o'i enw gwirioneddol, Mabry) a dwsin o ddiffynyddion yn defnyddio'r post i gyflawni twyll gamblo mewn bocsio proffesiynol, reslo proffesiynol, a rasio ceffylau proffesiynol. Mabry, deliwr da byw yn byw yn Kansas City, Missouri, gweithwyr mewnol mewn bocsio, reslo, a march
Yn oriau mân y bore ym mis Awst 5, 1933, torrodd pedwar lladron diogel ffenestr yn y Marshfield Brewing Company yn Marshfield, Wisconsin. Tarodd y lladron ddeial oddi ar y sêff a'i dynnu $1,550.00 mewn stampiau ffederal. Yn 2024 dollars, y lladron yn dwyn drosodd $37,000.00. Llwyddodd yr un lladron i gymryd un arall $1,000 mewn stampiau ffederal gan Gwmni Bragu Wausau