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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
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On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 lliures, “Farmer” Burns stood 5’11” to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Burns va debutar a 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, one
El mateix dia, Joe Stecher va lluitar contra Stanislaus Zbyszko per la versió reconeguda del Campionat Mundial de Lluita Pes Pesat a St.. Louis, I “Estrangulador” Lewis challenged “Gran” 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 “Estrangulador” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 lliures, 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
A l'abril 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Estrangulador” 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. En
Frank J. Quinn, un local de St. Lluis advocat, va exercir com a gerent dels lluitadors professionals George Baptise, Charley Olson i Fred Beell. Originalment un admirador de George Baptiste, que era una llegenda al St. Barri de Louis al voltant de les avingudes Cook i Vandeventer. Baptiste contractaria a Quinn com a pessebre i més tard advocat de la seva empresa de tendes i tendals. During his
A principis de 1916, Martin “Farmer” Burns, que va entrenar i va dirigir Frank Gotch al Campionat Mundial de Pes Pesat, va començar a negar que va desenvolupar l'actual campió nord-americà de pes pesat Joe Stecher. L'afirmació semblava estranya perquè Burns havia estat treballant amb Stecher durant diversos anys. Burns va ajudar a preparar Stecher per al seu combat de campionat amb Charlie Cutler 1915. D'alguna manera, el que Burns
A finals de la dècada de 1910, els promotors de lluita lliure professionals van reservar lluitadors en partits de lluita treballats o concertats prèviament. Occasionally, generalment com a conseqüència d'una doble creu, els aficionats veurien un concurs real o “shoot” partit entre els lluitadors. Un d'aquests partits es va produir tard 1921 i va sorgir d'un feu entre Tex Rickard, principalment un promotor de boxa, i Jack
Al desembre 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, en l'última de Gotch