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In the fall of 1921, Jack Curley and Tex Rickard engaged in a promotional feud that started in professional boxing but spread to professional wrestling. Curley and Rickard settled their feud in a legitimate contest in November 1921. Curley selected John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek to act for him against Rickard’s wrestler Marin Plestina. Before Curley and Rickard could arrange
Hôm thứ Năm, Tháng Mười 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. Thay thế, 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. On January 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.
Trong 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, Ed “Strangler” Đồ dùng móc đá lên cao, 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, Tháng Mười Một 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
Vào thứ ba, Tháng một 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, một trong những người Mỹ gốc Phi sớm nhất, đô vật chuyên nghiệp, sinh ra là Elmer Claybourn ở Mexico, Missouri, on March 8, 1910. Trong 1910, Mexico là quê hương của khoảng 5,939 residents. Claybourne bắt đầu sự nghiệp đấu vật chuyên nghiệp của mình ở Missouri vào năm 1931. Initially, Claybourne đấu vật ở Moberly gần đó, Missouri. Moberly có dân số là 13,722 cư dân so với 8,290 cư dân ở Mexico, Missouri
Các nhà sử học đấu vật coi Ed “Strangler” Lewis hoặc Frank Gotch là đô vật chuyên nghiệp vĩ đại nhất của Mỹ. Mặc dù chúng ta biết khá nhiều về sự nghiệp ban đầu của Frank Gotch, chúng ta biết ít hơn về sự nghiệp ban đầu của Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Nhiều nguồn tin khẳng định Lewis đã học môn đấu vật bắt được trong các lễ hội hóa trang khi anh mới mười bốn tuổi.. Đồ dùng móc đá lên cao
Besides being the preferred venue for professional boxers and wrestlers to train when in St. Louis, St. Louis Business Men’s Gymnasium hosted smaller boxing and wrestling events. Trong 1898, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Martin “Farmer” Burns wrestled Oscar Wasem in front of a small crowd at the Business Men’s Gymnasium. Burns was transitioning into training wrestlers full-time and