Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 arte 1930.
On Thursday, Urria 7, 1884, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin wrestled Henry Moses Dufur for what both men claimed would be the last time. The 40-year-olds specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled in Detroit, Michigan, the home territory of McLaughlin. The match took place at the Detroit Opera House in front of a small crowd. Professional wrestling had not developed
If he had been bigger, Fred Beell would have been a dominant heavyweight in the first decade of the Twentieth Century. Instead, larger opponents often defeated Beell only because the opponent outweighed Beell by thirty to fifty pounds. On the rare occasions that Beell wrestled a middleweight, Beell crushed his opponent. Urtarrilaren On 13, 1905, Beell wrestled H.P. Hansen in
During November 1921, John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek wrestled a legitimate contest with Marin Plestina to settle a promotional war between Jack Curley and boxing promoter Tex Rickard. Pesek fouled an injured Plestina, who was helpless to defend himself. After the match, Rickard returned to boxing while the New York State Athletic Commission banned Pesek from wrestling in New York.
Urtean 1919, John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek found himself in the same position as Marin Plestina. The dominant wrestling trust would not give Pesek a match with one of the “Big Four” – Earl Caddock, Joe Stecher, Eta “Strangler” Lewis, and Wladek Zbyszko. Unable to secure a match with Stecher, Pesek wrestled Jim Londos in Omaha, Nebraska on October 10,
On Thanksgiving in America, Thursday, Azaroa 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout wrestled former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mahmout recently to the United States to wrestle Frank Gotch for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. If Mahmout defeated Jenkins, Mahmout would prove to be a bona fide challenger to Gotch. Jenkins was the
Asteartean, Urtarrila 29, 1884, approximately two thousand fans crowded into the Detroit Opera House to watch the first of a two-match series between Colonel James H. McLaughlin and Henry Moses Dufur. The crowd had to delight the organizers and wrestlers. Matches drawing crowds in the thousands were rare during the 19th Century. Organizers claimed McLaughlin was defending the American
Jack Claybourne, afroamerikar zaharrenetakoa, borrokalari profesionalak, Elmer Claybourn jaio zen Mexikon, Missouri, on March 8, 1910. Urtean 1910, Mexiko inguru bizi zen 5,939 residents. Claybourne-k Missourin hasi zuen bere borroka-karrera profesionala 1931. Hasieran, Claybourne inguruko Moberly-n borrokatu zuen, Missouri. Moberlyk biztanleria zuen 13,722 bizilagunekin alderatuta 8,290 Mexikoko bizilagunak, Missouri
Borroka historialariek Ed "Strangler" Lewis edo Frank Gotch estatubatuar borrokalari profesional handiena dela uste dute.. Frank Gotch-en hasierako ibilbideaz dezente dakigun arren, askoz gutxiago dakigu Ed “Strangler” Lewis-en hasierako ibilbideaz. Hainbat iturrik diote Lewisek hamalau urte besterik ez zituela inauterietan borrokan ikasi zuela.. Lewis
Boxeo eta borrokalari profesionalek St-en daudenean entrenatzeko leku hobetsia izateaz gain. Louis, St du. Louis Business Men's Gymnasium-ek boxeo eta borroka ekitaldi txikiagoak antolatu zituen. Urtean 1898, Martin "Farmer" Burns American Heavyweight Wrestling txapeldun ohiak Oscar Wasem borrokan aritu zen jendetza txiki baten aurrean Business Men's Gymnasium-en. Burns borrokalarien entrenamenduetara pasatzen ari zen lanaldi osoko eta
1930eko hamarkadaren hasieran, borroka profesionaleko sustatzaile indartsuenak, Jack Curley, Joseph "Toots" Mondt, Paul Bowser, eta Tom Packsek gurutze bikoitzak egin zizkion elkarri, borrokalarien marrazketa-ahalmen orokorra kaltetuz. Promozio gerran, Jack Pfefer Jack Curley eta "Toots" Mondt-ekin bat egin zuen, New York hiritik ihes egin zuena. Urtearen bukaeran 1933, Curley eta