Istoryen espò konba ak atis masyal
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Pòl pon te Lit greko-Women Champion a nan Frans nan ane 1890 yo. Li te genyen yon konpetisyon nan foli-Bergeres a anvan genyen yon tounwa nan Larisi nan 1898. Viktwa sa yo te pèmèt li reklame chanpyona grèk-Women Mondyal la. Pon incorporés sou notoryete sa a pa louvri yon gym luteur tren ak tout vanyan sòlda. Pons’ viktwa patikilyèman remakab poutèt
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
Nan fen 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Kiltivatè” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Sepandan, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Pa 1902, George
Henry Moses Dufur espesyalize nan lit kolye ak koud lè Dufur te lite pwofesyonèl nan ane 1870 yo ak ane 1880 yo.. Li fèt nan mwa me 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur te lite sitou nan nòdès Etazini. On June 27, 1878, Dufur te lite yon match retounen ak yon wrèste ki te rele Cox nan Boston Baseball Park la devan senksan (500) fanatik.. Senksan fanatik
Sou Out 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis te rankontre Lit Britanik la Champion Tom Cannon nan Cincinnati, Ohio. Pandan epòk la lit lejitim, lòt luteur te pè Lewis nan pwisan paske nan anpriz l '. Lewis travay yon trangle carotid atè li te ye kòm dèyè toufe nan toutouni nan judo. Omwen se sa mwen te panse orijinèlman e pifò istoryen yo te site. Modèn
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 from hated rival
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Depi fanatik sèlman konsidere Clarence Whistler kalifye ase yo reyèlman menase rèy li, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Sou Me 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, ki moun ki
When thinking about African American history month, I thought about the first great Black wrestler that I saw personally. When I started watching wrestling in St. Louis during 1979, “Sailor” Art Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, our local weekly wrestling show. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 a.m. on KPLR Channel 11. Although Thomas