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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Chinn mé tosú 2020 trí úsáid a bhaint as dhá shampla ó wrestling proifisiúnta le plé a dhéanamh ar na fáthanna a n-athrófá cuntas stairiúil a scríobh tú san am a chuaigh thart. Ag scríobh staire, tá tú teoranta ag na foinsí atá ar fáil ar an ábhar. Foinsí príomhúla cosúil le dialanna, Tá taifid oifigiúla agus dírbheathaisnéisí an-luachmhar. Tá foinsí eile cosúil le nuachtáin go maith freisin ach
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Feirmeoir” Bhuail Burns le Fred Beell beag ach cumhachtach. Cé gur mheáigh an dá wrestlers 165 punt, “Feirmeoir” Sheas Burns 5’11” go Béal Feirste 5’04”. Bhí buntáiste mór aoise ag an Beell 32 bliain d'aois thar an Burns 47 bliain d'aois áfach. Burns debuted i 1879, nuair a bhí Beell 3 bliana d'aois. Bhí na fir sceidealta do chluiche in Omaha, Nebraska, aon
Ar an lá céanna rinne Joe Stecher troid i gcoinne Stanislaus Zbyszko don leagan aitheanta de Chraobhchomórtais Wrestling Heavyweight World i 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” Bhí Lewis ar iomaitheoirí scary. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 punt, Lewis’ máistreacht haighneachtaí a rinneadh dó chomhionann nó níos fearr wrestlers is mó dá ré. Bhí Jack Carkeek wrestler terrific ach mheaitseáil amháin le Lewis ba chúis beagnach dó dul ar scor. Lewis’ cháil a bhí go láidir
Ar Aibreán 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. In
Frank J. Quinn, a áitiúil St. Louis aturnae, d'fhóin sé mar bhainisteoir do wrestlers gairmiúla George Baptise, Charley Olson agus Fred Beell. Bhí meas ag George Baptiste ar dtús, a bhí ina finscéal sa St. Louis chomharsanacht timpeall Cook agus Vandeventer Avenues. D’fhostaigh Baptiste Quinn mar a bhainisteoir agus ina aturnae ina dhiaidh sin dá phuball agus dá chuideachta scairt. During his
In early 1916, Martin “Feirmeoir” Dónna, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns
Faoi dheireadh na 1910idí, d'áirith tionscnóirí wrestling gairmiúla wrestlers i gcluichí wrestling oibrithe nó réamheagraithe. Occasionally, de ghnáth mar thoradh ar chros dhúbailte, d'fheicfeadh lucht leanúna comórtas iarbhír nó “shoot” cluiche idir na wrestlers. Tharla ceann de na cluichí seo go déanach 1921 agus d'éirigh sé as achrann idir Tex Rickard, tionscnóir dornálaíochta go príomha, agus Jack
Ar Nollaig 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, i Gotch deiridh