Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 te 1930.
Ek het besluit om te begin 2020 deur twee voorbeelde van professionele stoei te gebruik om te bespreek waarom jy 'n historiese rekening wat jy in die verlede geskryf het, sal verander. In die skryf van geskiedenis, jy word beperk deur die beskikbare bronne oor die onderwerp. Primêre bronne soos dagboeke, amptelike rekords en outobiografieë is baie waardevol. Ander bronne soos koerante is ook goed, maar
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Boer” Burns het die klein maar kragtige Fred Beell ontmoet. Terwyl beide stoeiers geweeg het 165 pond, “Boer” Burns het 5'11 gestaan” na Beell se 5’04”. Die 32-jarige Beell het egter 'n groot ouderdomsvoordeel bo die 47-jarige Burns gehad. Burns debuteer in 1879, toe Beell 3 jaar oud was. Die manne was geskeduleer vir 'n wedstryd in Omaha, Nebraska, one
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, En “Worger” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Evan “Worger” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 pond, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ reputation was strongly
Op April 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Worger” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. In
Frank J. Quinn, 'n plaaslike St. Louis prokureur, gedien as die bestuurder vir professionele stoeiers George Baptise, Charley Olson en Fred Beell. Oorspronklik 'n bewonderaar van George Baptiste, wat 'n legende in die St. Louis-woonbuurt rondom Cook- en Vandeventerlaan. Baptiste sou Quinn in diens neem as sy krip en later prokureur vir sy tent- en afdakmaatskappy. During his
In early 1916, Martin “Boer” Burns, wat Frank Gotch tot die Wêreld-swaargewigkampioenskap opgelei en bestuur het, het begin ontken dat hy die huidige Amerikaanse swaargewigkampioen Joe Stecher ontwikkel het. Die bewering het vreemd gelyk omdat Burns al etlike jare saam met Stecher gewerk het. Burns het gehelp om Stecher voor te berei vir sy kampioenskapstryd met Charlie Cutler in 1915. Op 'n manier, wat brand
Teen die einde van die 1910's, professionele stoeipromotors het stoeiers bespreek in gewerkte of vooraf gereëlde stoeiwedstryde. Occasionally, gewoonlik as gevolg van 'n dubbelkruis, aanhangers sal 'n werklike kompetisie sien of “shoot” wedstryd tussen die stoeiers. Een van hierdie wedstryde het laat plaasgevind 1921 en het ontstaan uit 'n vete tussen Tex Rickard, hoofsaaklik 'n bokspromotor, en Jack
Op Desember 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, in Gotch se laaste