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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 në 1930.
Jim Londos developed a national reputation as one of the top professional wrestlers during the 1910s. Megjithatë, 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, Janar 26, 1922, as well. Current
Në prill 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, Maj 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
Të enjten, Korrik 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
Të enjten, Mars 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
Mundësit profesionistë që vdesin në ring është e rrallë, por ndonjëherë ndodh. Në 1936, 5,000 tifozët e mundjes në Uashington, D.C. ka tundur pa dashje një burrë të vdekur në fund të ndeshjes Mike Romano vs. Ndeshja “irlandeze” e Jack Donovan në Griffith Stadium të enjten, Qershor 25, 1936. 40-vjeçari Romano po kalonte Donovan në një ndeshje të punuar. Gazetat raportuan në mënyrë të pasaktë Romanon si
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Nga 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. Përfundimisht, Pesek did
During March 1910, Prokurori i Përgjithshëm i Shteteve të Bashkuara në Këshillin Bluffs, Iowa akuzoi John C. Mabray (një version të emrit të tij aktual, Mabry) dhe një duzinë të pandehur për përdorimin e postës për të kryer mashtrime të lojërave të fatit në boksin profesionist, mundje profesionale, dhe gara profesionale me kuaj. Mabry, një tregtar bagëtish që jeton në Kansas City, Misuri, punësuar të brendshëm në boks, mundje, dhe kalë
Në orët e para të mëngjesit të gushtit 5, 1933, katër hajdutë të sigurtë thyen një dritare në Marshfield Brewing Company në Marshfield, Wisconsin. Hajdutët rrëzuan një numërues nga kasaforta dhe e hoqën $1,550.00 në pullat federale. Në 2024 dollars, hajdutët vodhën $37,000.00. Të njëjtët hajdutë morën me sukses një tjetër $1,000 në pulla federale nga Wausau Brewing Company