Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Jim Londos developed a national reputation as one of the top professional wrestlers during the 1910s. Jedoch, 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
Im April 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, ein 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
Am Donnerstag,, Juli 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
Am Donnerstag,, März 31, 1881, 200 fans filtered into New York’s Turnverein Hall to watch Clarence Whistler wrestle Henry Moses Dufur in a three-out-of-five-falls catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with both wrestlers wearing jackets. The promoters used the rules and jackets to even the chances of each wrestler to win. Clarence Whistler specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Whistler took World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion
Jim Londos entwickelte sich in den 1930er Jahren zum größten Kassenstar des professionellen Wrestlings. Londos rang bei den Hauptveranstaltungen in Baseballstadien gegen Ed „Strangler“ Lewis und Jim Browning. Diese Spiele zogen mehr als 100.000 Zuschauer an 30,000 Fans zum ersten Mal seit dem zweiten Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt in 1911. Als Londos in Griechenland rang, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at
Dass professionelle Wrestler im Ring sterben, ist selten, kommt aber gelegentlich vor. In 1936, 5,000 Wrestling-Fans in Washington, -Gleichstrom. hat am Ende des Spiels Mike Romano vs. versehentlich einen toten Mann ausgebuht. „Irisches“ Jack Donovan-Spiel im Griffith Stadium am Donnerstag, Juni 25, 1936. Der 40-jährige Romano warf Donovan in einem hart erkämpften Kampf den Rang ab. Zeitungen berichteten fälschlicherweise über Romano
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Von 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. Schließlich, Pesek did
During March 1910, der Generalstaatsanwalt der Vereinigten Staaten in Council Bluffs, Iowa hat John C. angeklagt. Mabray (eine Version seines tatsächlichen Namens, Mabry) und einem Dutzend Angeklagten, die die Post zur Begehung von Glücksspielbetrug im Profiboxen genutzt haben, professionelles Wrestling, und professionelle Pferderennen. Mabry, ein Viehhändler, der in Kansas City lebt, Missouri, beschäftigte Insider im Boxsport, Ringen, und Pferd
In den frühen Morgenstunden im August 5, 1933, Vier sichere Einbrecher schlugen ein Fenster der Marshfield Brewing Company in Marshfield ein, Wisconsin. Die Einbrecher schlugen ein Zifferblatt aus dem Safe und entfernten es $1,550.00 in Bundesmarken. In 2024 dollars, Die Einbrecher haben rüber gestohlen $37,000.00. Den gleichen Einbrechern gelang es, ein weiteres zu erbeuten $1,000 in Bundesbriefmarken der Wausau Brewing Company