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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 į 1930.
Paulius Pons buvo graikų-romėnų imtynių čempionas Prancūzijoje 1890. Jis laimėjo turnyrą ne Folies-Bergères iki pergalės Rusijoje turnyrą 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons kapitalizuojamos remiantis šio žinomumas atidarant salė iki traukinių imtynininkų ir stiprių vyrų. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
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. Po
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,
In late 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 “Ūkininkas” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Tačiau, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Pagal 1902, George
Henris Mosesas Dufuras specializavosi imtynėse ant apykaklės ir alkūnių, kai Dufuras profesionaliai imtyniavosi 1870-aisiais ir 1880-aisiais.. Gimė gegužės mėn 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermontas, Dufur imtyniavosi daugiausia JAV šiaurės rytuose. Birželio 27, 1878, Dufuras kovojo atsakomąsias rungtynes su imtynininku Coxu Bostono beisbolo parke prieš penkis šimtus gerbėjų. Penki šimtai gerbėjų
Rugpjūčio 26, 1886, Evanas “Strangler” Lewisas susitiko su britų imtynių čempionas Tomas patranka Cincinnati, Ohajas. Per teisėtą imtynių eros, kiti kovotojai bijojo galingą Lewis, nes jo Stranglehold. Lewisas dirbo miego arterijų pasmaugti žinomas kaip galinio plika droselį į dziudo. Bent jau taip maniau iš pradžių ir dauguma istorikų citavo. Modernus
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 nuo nekenčiamo varžovo
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Kadangi gerbėjai Clarence'ą Whistlerį laikė pakankamai įgudusiu, kad iš tikrųjų keltų grėsmę jo karaliavimui, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Gegužės 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kas
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 metu 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