Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
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. Kuitenkin, 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, Tammikuu 26, 1922, as well. Current
Huhtikuun 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, Toukokuu 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
Torstaina, Heinäkuu 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
Torstaina, Maaliskuu 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 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
Ammattipainijoiden kuolema kehässä on harvinaista, mutta joskus sitä tapahtuu. Sisään 1936, 5,000 painifanit Washingtonissa, D.C.. huusi vahingossa kuolleelle miehelle Mike Romano vs. "Irlantilainen" Jack Donovan -ottelu Griffith Stadiumilla torstaina, Kesäkuu 25, 1936. 40-vuotias Romano kaatoi Donovanin toimivassa ottelussa. Sanomalehdet raportoivat epätarkasti Romano nimellä
John "The Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek aloitti paininsa ammattimaisesti 1915, mutta Pesek sopi paremmin 1885 ammattimainen painirengas. Mennessä 1915, painijat pelasivat ottelunsa. Taitava kevytpainija Clarence Ecklund koulutti Pesekkiä saalis-saapa-painissa. Pesek kehittyi taitavaksi huoraksi tai alistuvaksi painijaksi. Pesek ei koskaan pitänyt työstä ja paini kilpailuista alkuuransa aikana. Lopulta, Mopsi teki
During March 1910, Yhdysvaltain oikeusministeri Council Bluffsissa, Iowa syytti John C. Mabray (versio hänen oikeasta nimestään, Mabry) ja kymmenkunta syytettyä, jotka käyttivät postia rahapelipetokseen ammattinyrkkeilyssä, ammattipaini, ja ammattimaiset hevoskilpailut. Mabry, Kansas Cityssä asuva karjakauppias, Missouri, työllisti nyrkkeilyssä sisäpiiriläisiä, paini, ja hevonen
Elokuun aikaisin aamulla 5, 1933, neljä turvamurtovarasta rikkoi ikkunan Marshfield Brewing Companyssa Marshfieldissä, Wisconsin. Murtovarkaat löivät kassakaapin irti kellotaulun ja poistivat sen $1,550.00 liittovaltion postimerkeissä. Sisään 2024 dollars, murtovarkaat varastivat $37,000.00. Samat murtovarkaat veivät onnistuneesti toisen $1,000 Wausau Brewing Companyn liittovaltion postimerkeissä