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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 для 1930.
Прафесійная барацьба ператварылася з законных спаборніцтваў у спартыўную выставу па дзвюх прычынах. Пра першую прычыну я шмат пісаў. Законныя спаборніцтвы паміж аднолькава кваліфікаванымі змагарамі часта былі працяглымі, сумныя справы з невялікім дзеяннем. Гэтыя спаборніцтвы адштурхнулі фанатаў і не дазволілі прафесійнай барацьбе стаць відам для гледачоў. Пра другую прычыну я не так шмат пісаў. The
У панядзелак, Сакавік 26, 1888, Joe Acton, who specialized in catch wrestling, wrestled Professor William Miller, an Australian wrestler, and bare-knuckle prizefighter, in a two-out-of-three-falls Greco-Roman wrestling match. Both men’s camps believed wrestling the match in this style ensured the fairest contest between them. The men wrestled for $500.00 a side. 1,500 fans, a large crowd for the era, turned
Prior to wrestling in Kentucky in the early 1910s, wrestling fans knew Ed “Strangler” Lewis as Bob Fredrichs. Born Robert Friedrich in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis made his professional wrestling debut in 1905, while still only 14 гадоў. Kentucky promoters thought Bob Fredrichs too plain, so Lewis chose his new name as an homage to fellow Wisconsin native and original
At nearly 70 гадоў, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking
Мая 7, 1901, Том Джэнкінс змагаўся з волатам Нуралай Хасанам у Нью-Ёрку. Born in Bulgaria during 1870, Hassan stood six feet, eight inches tall and weighed 331 фунты. While Jenkins possessed superior wrestling skill, fans and reporters expected Hassan’s immense size to present problems for Jenkins. Promoters booked the men to wrestle at Madison Square Garden in
У пятніцу, Чэрвень 29, 1883, fourteen wrestlers paid $50 to enter a two-day tournament for a $500 championship belt and $500 prize. Richard K. Fox, owner and publisher of the Police Gazette, put up the prize money and belt. Fox avidly supported the promotion of both professional boxing and professional wrestling. While fourteen men attempted to enter the tournament, Fox
Жнівень 4, 1939, Mort Henderson passed away in Rochester, New York at 60 гадоў. Wrestling fans likely did not remember the name Mort Henderson but as his alter ego, the original Masked Marvel, he saved the fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament with the goal of
Кастрычнік 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Scottish catch wrestler Dan McLeod. Burns and McLeod were two of the top three or four catch-as-catch-can wrestlers in the United States at the time. 1,200 fans attended the match held at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy
George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, a 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only
At the end of 1932, 22-гадовая Віла Мілі падала ў суд на мужа, прафесійны барэц Уладэк Збышко, на развод па прычыне фізічнай жорсткасці і шлюбнай здрады. Мілі абвінаваціў 41-гадовага Збышка ў фізычнай жорсткасьці за тое, што ён «занадта моцна абняў яе». Суддзя Дан з Вярхоўнага суда Брукліна разглядаў справу аб разводзе. Ён выказаў сумнеў, што Збышко жорстка абыходзіўся з жонкай. Аднак, he did not dismiss the