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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 i 1930.
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Cyfarfu Burns â Fred Beell bach ond pwerus. Tra yr oedd y ddau reslwr yn pwyso 165 bunnoedd, “Farmer” Safai Burns 5’11” i Beell's 5’04”. Ond roedd gan Beell, 32 oed, fantais oedran fawr dros y chwaraewr 47 oed Burns. Burns debuted yn 1879, pan oedd Beell yn 3 oed. Roedd y dynion wedi'u hamserlennu ar gyfer gêm yn Omaha, Nebraska, un
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, Ed “Strangler” 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 “Strangler” Roedd Lewis yn gystadleuydd brawychus. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 bunnoedd, Lewis’ meistrolaeth o gyflwyniadau ei wneud yn gyfartal neu well o'r rhan fwyaf wrestlers ei gyfnod. Roedd Jack Carkeek yn wrestler gwych ond un gêm gyda Lewis bron achosi iddo ymddeol. Lewis’ enw da yn gryf
Ar Ebrill 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” 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. Yn
Frank J. Quinn, a lleol St. Louis atwrnai, gwasanaethodd fel rheolwr reslwyr proffesiynol George Baptise, Charley Olson a Fred Beell. Yn wreiddiol yn edmygydd o George Baptiste, yr hwn oedd chwedl yn y St. Louis cymdogaeth o amgylch Cook a Vandeventer Avenues. Byddai Baptiste yn cyflogi Quinn fel ei reolwr ac yn ddiweddarach atwrnai ar gyfer ei babell a'i gwmni cysgodlenni. During his
In early 1916, Martin “Farmer” Burns, a hyfforddodd a rheolodd Frank Gotch i Bencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm y Byd, dechreuodd wadu ei fod wedi datblygu Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm America Joe Stecher. Roedd yr honiad yn ymddangos yn rhyfedd oherwydd bod Burns wedi bod yn gweithio gyda Stecher ers sawl blwyddyn. Helpodd Burns i baratoi Stecher ar gyfer ei ornest bencampwriaeth gyda Charlie Cutler i mewn 1915. Mewn ffordd, beth Burns
Erbyn diwedd y 1910au, bu hyrwyddwyr reslo proffesiynol yn bwcio reslwyr mewn gemau reslo a weithiwyd neu a drefnwyd ymlaen llaw. Occasionally, fel arfer o ganlyniad i groes dwbl, byddai cefnogwyr yn gweld cystadleuaeth go iawn neu “shoot” cyfatebiaeth rhwng y reslwyr. Digwyddodd un o'r gemau hyn yn hwyr 1921 a chododd o ymryson rhwng Tex Rickard, hyrwyddwr bocsio yn bennaf, a Jac
Ar Ragfyr 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’s last