Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Maanantaina, Kesäkuu 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
In combat sports, a good big man usually beats a good little man. If you are great, you can often make up for huge size discrepancies. Edwin Bibby stood only 5’04” and weighed 160 pounds but defeated many larger wrestlers during his professional wrestling career. Bibby defeated many wrestlers including the gigantic German wrestler William Heygster. Edwin Bibby was able
When “Venäjän Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, tunnetaan “Hakata” 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
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Vain yksi mies haastoi vakavasti Muldoonin hänen hallitsevan hallituskautensa aikana. 165-kiloinen Clarence Whistler antoi jatkuvasti Muldoonille vaikeimmat haasteensa. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Marraskuu 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kaliforniassa yhdessä heidän useista otteluistaan. William Muldoon oli melkein pään pitempi ja painoi
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 minutes. Beell voitti
Joe Acton oli yksi Englannin parhaista painijoista 1800 -luvulla. 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 “toimi” matches thrown in the mix. Mennessä 1904 tai 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. Kuitenkin, 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
Lokakuun 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) Mestaruus, mutta pysyi poissa valokeilasta asti
Marraskuun 7, 1908, Charles Olson met “Americus” Gus Schonlein'in World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Ottelu osoittautui yhtä jännittävä tarkkailijoina epäillään olisi, mutta se päättyi kiistaa. Olson oli 6’01” mutta punnitaan vain 170 kiloa. Syntynyt Max Flaskamp Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalenin 1879, hän otti nimen Charles tai Charley Olson