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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 mus 1930.
Besides yog tus najnpawb venue rau kev boxers thiab wrestlers los qhia thaum nyob st. Louis, cov me nyuam. Louis lag luam txiv neej Gymnasium hosted me boxing thiab wrestling txheej xwm. Nyob rau hauv 1898, Qub American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Martin "Farmer" Burns wrestled Oscar Wasem pem lub taub hau ib pawg neeg me me ntawm cov txiv neej ua hauj lwm gymnasium. Kub yus yog transitioning rau hauv txoj kev kawm wrestlers full-time thiab
Thaum ntxov 1930s thaum ntxov, Cov haib tshaj promoters hauv kev wrestling, Jack Curley, Joseph "Toots" Mondt, Paul Bowser, Thiab Tom Packs tseg ob-crosses rau sib hurting tag nrho yog nqus hwj huam ntawm lawv wrestlers. Thaum tsov rog promotional, Jack Pfefer aligned nws tus kheej nrog Jack Curley thiab "Toots" Mondt, Leej twg khiav tawm hauv New York City. Nyob lig 1933, Curley thiab
Kuv muab ib ob saib no match tom qab mloog cov kev sib txuas thiab Wrestle podcast sib tham nrog Mike Chapman, Yog ib tus foremost ua hauj lwm rau Frank Gotch. Mike Chapman muab tso rau ib tug sib cav convincing rau nws ntseeg tias ob Earl Caddock vs. Joe Stecher ntiaj teb npe qhov yuam kev tau "shoots" los yog tseeb contests. Tom qab rov muab cov nyiaj ntawm tus account
Sorakichi Matsuda travelled rau lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas lig 1883 Pib nws kev wrestling hauj lwm. Matsuda npaj kawm American kev wrestling thiab rov qab mus nws teb koj chaw pib nws tus kheej wrestling qib. Matsuda tus thawj tswj ua neeg pab leg ntaubntawv txog nws txoj kev kawm nyob rau Nyiajpoom Teb, uas yuav tsis tau qhia tau tseeb txog. Matsuda kawm nyob sumo wrestling nrog tus nto moo Isegahama ruaj khov tab sis puas tau
Dhau lub xyoo dhau los no, preservationists pom muaj ob peb wrestling films ntawm lub 1920s los ntawm cov 1950s uas tau assumed poob lawm. Kiv cua yuav saib feem ntau ntawm cov tshiab khiv sab films rau YouTube. Yog ib lub surviving films yog yim feeb ntawm ib teev, Nees nkaum feeb ntais ntawv ntawm Philadelphia, Pennsylvania hauv 1930. Jim Londos wrestled Dick Shikat (yees duab txuas) rau ib tug
Txog hnub plaub, Tim 10, 1884, America tus thawj full-time kev wrestler, J.H.. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish ncaws pob thiab wrestler Duncan C. Ross nyob Detroit opera tsev. Cov txiv neej wrestled ib 3-tawm ntawm-tsib ntog mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized hauv collar-and-luj tshib wrestling. Cov txiv neej wrestled ob ntog hauv collar-and-luj tshib txoj cai. Ross favored sab tuav txoj cai. Cov txiv neej wrestled ob ntog los ruaj ntseg sab
Rau hnub Saturday, Cuaj hlis 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Tshiab tawm ntawm nws thawj ncig xyuas ntawm lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas, Wrestled tus poj Gama ntawm shepherd lub hav txwv yeem chaw ntau pob nyob rau London, Hais. 7,000 spectators crowded rau hauv lub chaw ntau pob saib ntais ntawv. ob peb lub lis piam lawm, Mr. Benjamin coj ib pawg Pehlwani wrestlers ntawm khej mus wrestle hauv hais. Kiv cua xav txog qhov zoo kawg thiab Gama
When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Txawm li cas los, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Hmoov tsis, the exploits of Martin “Ua teb” Burns and Evan “Lub Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis twb teem tau raws li tus tau zus ib Stanislaus Zbyszko ntawm lub St. Louis Coliseum txog hnub plaub, Hlis ntuj nqeg 14, 1922 tab sis, ntais ntawv yuav luag tus hu ua rho tawm hauj lwm vim qhov dhau ib referee xaiv. Txoog xwb tom qab cov intercession of St. Louis promoter John Contos uas leej txiv neej pom zoo rau cov me nyuam. Louis
Tuesday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 12, 1916, local favorite, John “Tus Nebraska Tsovman” Pesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “Dutch” Mantell, in a worked match. Pesek recently trained with fellow Nebraska wrestler and recognized World Champion Joe Stecher prior to this match. Pesek developed a notorious reputation for shooting with other wrestlers. Txawm li cas los, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, Thauj tw