Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 kwa 1930.
Mapema katika kazi yake, Fred Beell wrestled Gus “Americus” Schoenlein in 1904 na 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell won the only fall and match. Schoenlein wanted to avenge this defeat. In May 1905, Schoenlein’s manager secured a rematch in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein stood five feet, ten inches tall and weighed 210 paundi. Beell usually faced a
D. A. McMillan served as a competent journeyman wrestler during the last two decades of the 19th Century. McMillan wrestled American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Martin “Farmer” Burns in a worked gambling scheme that a newspaper reporter exposed. Wakati McMillan hajawahi kushinda taji la Amerika, McMillan alipiga ushindani mdogo kabla ya wrestlers bora kama Burns kumshinda. Desemba 22, 1888,
Katika kuanguka kwa 1921, Jack Curley na Tex Rickard walihusika katika ugomvi wa utangazaji ambao ulianza katika ndondi za kulipwa lakini ukaenea hadi kwenye mieleka ya kitaaluma.. Curley na Rickard walitatua ugomvi wao katika shindano halali mnamo Novemba 1921. Curley alimchagua John "The Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek kuchukua nafasi yake dhidi ya mwanamieleka wa Rickard Marin Plestina.. Kabla ya Curley na Rickard kupanga
Siku ya Alhamisi, Oktoba 7, 1884, Kanali James Hiram McLaughlin alipambana na Henry Moses Dufur kwa kile ambacho wanaume wote walidai kuwa itakuwa mara ya mwisho. Vijana hao wa miaka 40 walibobea katika mieleka ya kola na kiwiko. Wanaume hao walipigana mieleka huko Detroit, Michigan, eneo la nyumbani la McLaughlin. Mechi hiyo ilifanyika kwenye Ukumbi wa Opera wa Detroit mbele ya umati mdogo wa watu. Mieleka ya kitaaluma haikuwa imeendelezwa
Wakati wa Novemba 1921, John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek alipigana pambano halali na Marin Plestina ili kusuluhisha vita vya uendelezaji kati ya Jack Curley na promota wa ndondi Tex Rickard.. Pesek alimfanyia madhambi Plestina aliyejeruhiwa, ambaye alikuwa hoi kujitetea. After the match, Rickard alirejea kwenye ndondi huku Tume ya riadha ya Jimbo la New York ikimpiga marufuku Pesek kushiriki mieleka huko New York..
In 1919, John “Tiger ya Nebraska” Pesek alijikuta katika nafasi sawa na Marin Plestina. Uaminifu mkubwa wa mieleka haungempa Pesek mechi na mmoja wapo “Kubwa Nne” – Earl Caddock, Joe Stecher, Na “Strangler” Lewis, na Wladek Zbyszko. Imeshindwa kupata mechi na Stecher, Sand alipambana na Jim Londos huko Omaha, Nebraska mnamo Oktoba 10,
Juu ya Shukrani huko Amerika, Thursday, Novemba 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout alimenyana na Bingwa wa zamani wa Mieleka wa Marekani Tom Jenkins kwenye Uwanja wa Madison Square Garden huko New York City.. Mahmout hivi majuzi alielekea Marekani kumenyana na Frank Gotch kuwania ubingwa wa Dunia wa Mieleka ya uzito wa juu. Ikiwa Mahmout alimshinda Jenkins, Mahmout angekuwa mpinzani mzuri wa Gotch. Jenkins alikuwa
Siku ya Jumanne, Januari 29, 1884, takriban mashabiki elfu mbili walijaa kwenye Jumba la Opera la Detroit kutazama mfululizo wa mechi mbili kati ya Kanali James H.. McLaughlin na Henry Moses Dufur. Umati ulilazimika kuwafurahisha waandaaji na wacheza mieleka. Mechi zinazovutia maelfu ya watu zilikuwa nadra katika Karne ya 19. Waandaaji walidai McLaughlin alikuwa akimtetea Mmarekani huyo
Jack Claybourne, one of the earliest African-American, professional wrestlers, was born Elmer Claybourn at Mexico, Missouri, on March 8, 1910. In 1910, Mexico was home to about 5,939 residents. Claybourne started his professional wrestling career in Missouri in 1931. Awali, Claybourne wrestled in nearby Moberly, Missouri. Moberly had a population of 13,722 residents compared to 8,290 residents in Mexico, Missouri
Wrestling historians consider either Ed “Strangler” Lewis or Frank Gotch to be the greatest American professional wrestler. While we know quite a bit about the early career of Frank Gotch, we know much less about the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Various sources claim Lewis learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling in the carnivals when he was only fourteen years old. Lewis