Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 upang 1930.
Sa Monday, Hunyo 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
Sa palakasan ng labanan, ang isang mabuting malaking tao ay kadalasang tinatalo ang isang mabuting maliit na tao. Kung magaling ka, madalas kang makakabawi para sa malalaking pagkakaiba sa laki. Si Edwin Bibby ay nakatayo lamang sa 5’04” and weighed 160 pounds ngunit tinalo ang maraming malalaking wrestler sa panahon ng kanyang propesyonal na karera sa pakikipagbuno. Tinalo ni Bibby ang maraming wrestler kasama ang dambuhalang German wrestler na si William Heygster. Kaya naman ni Edwin Bibby
Kailan “Ang 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, na kilala bilang “Pataga” 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. Isang tao lamang ang seryosong humamon kay Muldoon sa panahon ng kanyang dominanteng paghahari. Ang 165-pound na si Clarence Whistler ay patuloy na nagbigay kay Muldoon ng kanyang pinakamahirap na hamon. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Nobyembre 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California sa isa sa kanilang ilang mga laban. Si William Muldoon ay halos isang ulo ang taas at may timbang
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 minuto. Nanalo si Beell sa
Si Joe Acton ay isa sa pinakamahuhusay na wrestler ng England noong ika-19 na Siglo. 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. Sa pamamagitan ng 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,
Si Jim Londos ay tumaas sa hanay ng propesyonal na pakikipagbuno upang maging pinakamalaking box office star hindi lamang noong 1930s kundi sa lahat ng panahon. Gayunman, kung hindi dumating ang Londos sa St. Louis noong unang bahagi ng 1920s, maaaring iba ang kwento. Natuto ang Londos ng catch-as-catch-can wrestling habang si Londos ay gumanap bilang isang malakas na tao sa carnival circuit noong
Noong Oktubre 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 ngunit nanatiling wala sa spotlight hanggang
Noong Nobyembre 7, 1908, Charles Olson nakilala “Americus” Gus Schonlein para sa World Banayad na matimbang Wrestling Championship. Ang pagpareho ay pinatunayan upang maging kapana-panabik na bilang mga tagamasid pinaghihinalaang magiging ngunit ito natapos sa kontrobersya. Olson stood 6’01” ngunit tinitimbang lamang 170 pounds. Ipinanganak Max Flaskamp sa Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, kinuha niya ang pangalan Charles o Charley Olson