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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 līdz 1930.
Pirmdien, Jūnijs 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
Kaujas sportā, labs liels vīrs parasti pārspēj labu mazajam cilvēciņam. Ja jums ir liels, Jūs bieži vien var veido par milzīgu izmēru neatbilstības. Edwin Bibby stāvēja tikai 5’04” un nosver 160 mārciņas bet sakāva daudz lielākos cīkstoņi savu profesionālo cīkstēšanās karjeru laikā. Bibby sakāva daudz cīkstoņi ieskaitot gigantisku Vācijas cīkstonis William Heygster. Edwin Bibby varēja
When “Krievu Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, pazīstams kā “Kapāt” 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. Tikai viens vīrietis nopietni izaicināja Muldūnu viņa dominējošās valdīšanas laikā. 165 mārciņas smagais Klarenss Vistlers pastāvīgi lika Muldūnam savus grūtākos izaicinājumus. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Novembris 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kalifornija vienā no vairākiem saviem mačiem. Viljams Muldūns bija gandrīz par galvu garāks un svēra
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 protokols. Bīls uzvarēja
Džo Aktons bija viens no labākajiem Anglijas cīkstoņiem 19. gadsimtā. 151-mārciņa Acton pārdzīvoja Anglijas middleweight rindās pirms aršana caur smagsvari. Pēc pukstēšana labākais Anglija bija piedāvāt ieskaitot Tom Cannon, Acton nolēma pārbaudīt savas spējas, Amerikas Savienotajās Valstīs. 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. Līdz 1904 vai 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. Tomēr, 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
Oktobrī 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) čempionāts, bet palika ārpus uzmanības loka līdz
Novembrī 7, 1908, Čārlzs Olsons satikās “Americus” Guss Šonleins par pasaules čempionātu vieglajā smagajā cīņā. Mačs izrādījās tik aizraujošs, kā novērotājiem bija aizdomas, bet tas beidzās ar strīdiem. Olsons stāvēja 6’01” bet svēra tikai 170 mārciņas. Dzimis Makss Flaskamps Krēfeldē, Ziemeļreinā-Vestfālenē 1879, viņš pieņēma vārdu Čārlzs vai Čārlijs Olsons