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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 para 1930.
O xoves, Outubro 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. Pola, 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. En xaneiro de 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.
En 1919, Baño “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, E “Estrangulador” 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, Novembro 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
O martes, Xaneiro 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, un dos primeiros afroamericanos, loitadores profesionais, naceu Elmer Claybourn en México, Missouri, en marzo 8, 1910. En 1910, México foi o fogar de preto 5,939 residents. Claybourne comezou a súa carreira de loita libre profesional en Missouri en 1931. Inicialmente, Claybourne loitou na veciña Moberly, Missouri. Moberly tiña unha poboación de 13,722 residentes en comparación con 8,290 residentes en México, Missouri
Os historiadores da loita libre consideran que Ed "Strangler" Lewis ou Frank Gotch son o mellor loitador profesional estadounidense.. Aínda que sabemos bastante sobre a carreira inicial de Frank Gotch, sabemos moito menos sobre a carreira inicial de Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Varias fontes afirman que Lewis aprendeu loitando con catch-as-catch-can nos entroidos cando só tiña catorce anos.. Lewis
Ademais de ser o lugar preferido para os boxeadores e loitadores profesionais para adestrar cando están en St. Louis, o St. O ximnasio de homes de negocios Louis acolleu pequenos eventos de boxeo e loita. En 1898, O ex campión estadounidense de loita libre Martin "Farmer" Burns loitou contra Oscar Wasem diante dunha pequena multitude no Business Men's Gymnasium.. Burns estaba a facer a transición para adestrar loitadores a tempo completo e
Durante os primeiros anos 1930, os promotores máis poderosos da loita libre profesional, Jack Curley, Joseph "Toots" Mondt, Paul Bowser, e Tom Packs executaron dobres cruzamentos uns contra outros prexudicando o poder de atracción xeral dos seus loitadores. Durante a guerra de promoción, Jack Pfefer aliouse con Jack Curley e "Toots" Mondt, que saíu correndo da cidade de Nova York. In late 1933, Curley e