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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 a 1930.
Na quinta-feira, 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. Em vez, 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. Em janeiro 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.
Em 1919, Banheiro “O 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, Ed “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, 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
Na terça-feira, Janeiro 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, one of the earliest African-American, professional wrestlers, was born Elmer Claybourn at Mexico, Missouri, on March 8, 1910. Em 1910, Mexico was home to about 5,939 residents. Claybourne started his professional wrestling career in Missouri in 1931. Inicialmente, Claybourne wrestled in nearby Moberly, Missouri. Moberly had a population of 13,722 residents compared to 8,290 residents in Mexico, Missouri
Wrestling historians consider either Ed “Strangler” Lewis or Frank Gotch to be the greatest American professional wrestler. While we know quite a bit about the early career of Frank Gotch, we know much less about the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Various sources claim Lewis learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling in the carnivals when he was only fourteen years old. Lewis
Além de ser o local preferido para boxeadores e lutadores profissionais treinarem em St.. Louis, o St. O Louis Business Men’s Gymnasium sediou eventos menores de boxe e luta livre. Em 1898, o ex-campeão americano de luta livre Martin “Farmer” Burns lutou contra Oscar Wasem na frente de uma pequena multidão no Business Men’s Gymnasium. Burns estava fazendo a transição para treinar lutadores em tempo integral e
Durante o início da década de 1930, os promotores mais poderosos do wrestling profissional, Jack Curley, Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Paulo Bowser, e Tom Packs traíram um ao outro, prejudicando o poder de atração geral de seus lutadores. Durante a guerra promocional, Jack Pfefer alinhou-se com Jack Curley e “Toots” Mondt, que fugiu da cidade de Nova York. Na tarde 1933, Curley e