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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 a 1930.
Lunedi ', Giugno 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
Negli sport da combattimento, un bravo omone di solito batte un bravo omino. Se sei fantastico, spesso è possibile compensare enormi discrepanze dimensionali. Edwin Bibby aveva solo 5 anni’04” e pesato 160 chili ma sconfisse molti lottatori più grandi durante la sua carriera di wrestling professionistico. Bibby sconfisse molti lottatori tra cui il gigantesco wrestler tedesco William Heygster. Edwin Bibby era in grado
Quando “Il russo Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, noto come “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 ha vinto il titolo mondiale di greco-romano
Il potente William Muldoon era considerato invincibile come greco-romana World Wrestling Champion. Solo un uomo sfidò seriamente Muldoon durante il suo regno dominante. Il Clarence Whistler da 165 libbre ha costantemente sottoposto a Muldoon le sfide più difficili. Muldoon e Whistler si è riunito il Giovedi, Novembre 1, 1883 a San Francisco, California in una delle loro numerose partite. William Muldoon era quasi una testa più alto e pesava
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 verbale. Beell ha vinto il
Joe Acton è stato uno dei migliori lottatori inglesi del 19° secolo. 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. Da 1904 o 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. Tuttavia, 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
Ottobre 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 ma rimase fuori dai riflettori fino a quando
Novembre 7, 1908, Charles Olson si è incontrato “Americus” Gus Schönlein per il campionato mondiale di wrestling dei pesi massimi leggeri. La partita si è rivelata emozionante come gli osservatori sospettavano, ma si è conclusa con polemiche. Olson era 6’01” ma pesava solo 170 sterline. Nato Max Flaskamp a Krefeld, Nord Reno-Westfalia a 1879, prese il nome Charles o Charley Olson