Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Am Montag, Juni 25, 1934, current World Champion Jim Browning defended his world title against Jim Londos. Browning dropped the title to Londos in a match to end the promotional war which led to the double-crosses of the early 1930s. 20,000 fans crowded into Madison Square Garden to see the match leading to a $40,000 gate. Jack Curley enjoyed a
Im Kampfsport, ein guter großer Mann schlägt in der Regel einen guten kleinen Mann. Wenn Sie groß sind, Sie können oft bis zur enormen Größe Diskrepanzen machen. Edwin Bibby stand nur auf dem 5. Platz’04” und gewogen 160 Pfund hat, die jedoch viele größeren Wrestler während seiner professionellen Wrestling-Karriere. Bibby besiegte viele Ringer, darunter den riesigen deutschen Ringer William Heygster. Edwin Bibby war in der Lage
Wann “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, bekannt “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman
Der leistungsstarke William Muldoon wurde als griechisch-römischen World Wrestling-Champion als unbesiegbar. Nur ein Mann forderte Muldoon während seiner dominanten Herrschaft ernsthaft heraus. Der 165 Pfund schwere Clarence Whistler stellte Muldoon immer wieder vor seine größten Herausforderungen. Muldoon und Whistler am Donnerstag getroffen, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kalifornien in einem ihrer zahlreichen Spiele. William Muldoon war fast einen Kopf größer und wog
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 Minuten. Beell gewann
Joe Acton war einer der besten Wrestler Englands im 19. Jahrhundert. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Von 1904 oder 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Jedoch, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Am Oktober 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Championship but remained out of the spotlight until
On November 7, 1908, Charles Olson traf “Americus” Gus Schönlein für die Welt-Schwergewichts-Wrestling Championship. Das Spiel erwies sich als spannend werden, als Beobachter vermuteten, es wäre aber es endete in Streit. Olson stand 6’01” aber wog nur 170 Pfund. Geboren Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen in 1879, er nahm den Namen Charles oder Charley Olson