Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 upang 1930.
While researching the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1881 – 1922), I discovered Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ early matches in Montana. Prior to researching this topic, I thought Lewis started his career by winning a 64-man wrestling tournament in Montana during 1882. Gayunman, Lewis did not win the tournament. Noong Mayo 1882, Lewis wrestled in a Cornish wrestling tournament
Frank Gotch dominated American wrestling from 1905 to his retirement in 1913. Gotch, the current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, won the biggest match of his career on April 3, 1908. Gotch defeated current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt in Chicago, Illinois. Gotch proved as dominant a World Champion as he had been as the American Champion. Gotch agreed to
Sa Huwebes, Abril 29, 1909, Frank Gotch traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to wrestle highly regarded light heavyweight wrestler Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt won the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under his real name, John Berg. Although fans thought well of Berg, they did not see him as a threat to defeat Frank Gotch in a straight match. To increase fan interest
Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. Pagkatapos 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Mula sa 1900 upang 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches
Sa Agosto 7, 1882, American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Edwin Bibby defended his title against English Champion Joe Acton at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The men wrestled a “catch-as-catch-can” match for the world championship. Gayunman, the public did not recognize the winner of the bout as the world champion. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight
(Ang post na ito ay isang sipi mula sa aking bagong libro, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Ang Paghahanap para sa Katubusan, inilathala noong Pebrero 2, 2022.) Ang pinakamahalagang kaganapan na nakakaapekto sa hinaharap ng karera ni Frank Gotch ay naganap noong Enero 11, 1911. Ikinasal si Gotch sa dating Gladys Oestrich sa tahanan ng kanyang magulang sa Humboldt, Iowa. Mrs. Mas gusto ni Gotch na magretiro si Frank sa singsing na
Sa Enero 2, 1911, Natagpuan ng Swiss wrestler na si John Lemm ang kanyang sarili na pinagtatawanan ng mga propesyonal na tagahanga ng wrestling at mga mamamahayag. Naganap ang insidente nang makipagbuno si Lemm kay Stanislaus Zbyszko sa Buffalo, New York. Itinuring ng mga tagahanga si Zbyszko na nangungunang contender para sa world title ni Frank Gotch. Si Zbyszko ay isang world class wrestler kahit na mas sanay sa Greco-Roman wrestling kaysa catch wrestling. Si Lemm ay isang sanay
Noong unang bahagi ng 1920s, Si Tex Rickard ay nagdeklara ng digmaan sa kanyang dating boxing promotional partner, Jack Curley. Isinulong ni Curley ang propesyonal na pakikipagbuno sa New York City. Nag-organisa din siya ng mga promotor sa malalaking lungsod tulad ng Boston at St. Louis sa isang wrestling trust. Kinokontrol ng tiwala ang World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Ang tiwala ay nagyelo sa sinumang mambubuno, na tumangging sumama
Sa 1897, Tinalo ni Dan McLeod si Martin “Farmer” Burns para sa American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Pagkatapos ng pagkatalo, Nakipagbuno si Burns ng part-time habang lumipat siya sa kanyang pangunahing tungkulin bilang tagapagsanay ng wrestling. Over the next 30 taon, Sinanay ni Burns ang karamihan sa mga lehitimong catch wrestler sa Estados Unidos. Nagsimulang maglibot si Burns 1899, kung saan pareho niyang sasabakin ang isang kalaban
Ang post sa linggong ito ay isang uri ng pagtatapat. Para sa mga taon, Isinulat ko na si Frank Gotch ang nag-iisang wrestler na nakatalo kay Stanislaus Zbyszko sa kanyang unang paglilibot sa Amerika sa pagitan ng 1909 at 1914. Nabasa ko kamakailan ang Wrestling in the Garden, Volume 1: 1875 upang 1939; Ang Labanan para sa New York – Gumagana, Shoots at Double Crosses (affiliate link) sa pamamagitan ng