Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 upang 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 “Magsasaka” Nakilala ni Burns ang maliit ngunit makapangyarihang si Fred Beell. Habang ang dalawang wrestler ay tumitimbang 165 pounds, “Magsasaka” Si Burns ay nakatayo sa 5'11” sa Beell's 5’04”. Ang 32-taong-gulang na si Beell ay may malaking kalamangan sa edad kaysa sa 47-taong-gulang na si Burns bagaman. Nag-debut si Burns 1879, noong si Beell ay 3 taong gulang. Ang mga lalaki ay naka-iskedyul para sa isang laban sa Omaha, Nebraska, isa
Sa parehong araw ay nakipagbuno si Joe Stecher kay Stanislaus Zbyszko para sa kinikilalang bersyon ng World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship sa St.. Louis, At “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” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 pounds, 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
Sa Abril 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. Sa
Frank J. Quinn, isang lokal na St. Abogado ni Louis, nagsilbi bilang manager para sa mga propesyonal na wrestler na si George Baptise, Sina Charley Olson at Fred Beell. Orihinal na isang admirer ni George Baptiste, na isang alamat sa St. Louis kapitbahayan sa paligid ng Cook at Vandeventer Avenues. Gagamitin ni Baptiste si Quinn bilang kanyang sabsaban at mamaya abugado para sa kanyang tolda at awning na kumpanya. During his
Noong unang bahagi ng 1916, Martin “Magsasaka” Burns, na nagsanay at namamahala kay Frank Gotch sa World Heavyweight Championship, nagsimulang tanggihan na siya ang bumuo ng kasalukuyang American Heavyweight Champion na si Joe Stecher. Ang pag-angkin ay tila kakaiba dahil si Burns ay nagtatrabaho sa Stecher sa loob ng ilang taon. Tumulong si Burns na ihanda si Stecher para sa kanyang championship bout kay Charlie Cutler 1915. Sa isang paraan, kung ano ang Burns
Sa pagtatapos ng 1910s, Ang mga propesyonal na tagataguyod ng wrestling ay nag-book ng mga wrestler sa nagtrabaho o nakaayos nang mga laban sa wrestling. Occasionally, karaniwang bilang isang resulta ng isang dobleng krus, ang mga tagahanga ay makakakita ng isang aktwal na paligsahan o “shoot” tugma sa pagitan ng mga wrestler. Ang isa sa mga tugma na ito ay naganap noong huli 1921 at lumitaw mula sa isang away sa pagitan ng Tex Rickard, pangunahin ang isang boxing promoter, at Jack
Sa December 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 ni noong nakaraang