Category: Vroeë professionele stoeigeskiedenis

Sedert sy opkoms as 'n toeskouersport in die tweede helfte van die 19de eeu, promotors en stoeiers was onder 'n wolk van vermoede dat hulle hul wedstryde werk. Terwyl professionele stoei uiteindelik feitlik uitsluitlik uit opgevoerde uitstallings sou bestaan, baie, indien nie die meeste nie, van die wedstryde was wettige wedstryd voor 1915. Promoters and wrestlers went to great

In early 1915, Sam Rachmann het die New York Internasionale Stoeitoernooi bevorder met die doel om die afgetrede Wêreld Swaargewig Stoeikampioen Frank Gotch te vervang. Rachmann het geglo niemand kan Aleksander verslaan nie “Alex” Aberg, Rachmann se uitgesoekte opvolger van Gotch, in Grieks-Romeinse stoei. Rachmann se uitdaging was vang-as-vang-kan was die dominante stoeistyl in Amerika. Om hierdie uitdaging te omseil, Rachmann recruited international

In 1922, future World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Jim Browning began his career in Kansas. Browning moved from his hometown of Verona, Missouri in 1921 to train for a professional wrestling career. Tom Law, the Wichita, Kansas promoter, oversaw Browning’s training. By May 1923, Browning was already in the main event at smaller shows. On an Augusta, Kansas card, Browning wrestled

Op Maart 3, 1922, En “Worger” Lewis regained the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Stanislaus Zbyszko. This event marked the beginning of one of the most dominant professional wrestling combines in history. Manager Billy Sandow, World Champion Ed “Worger” Lewis and training partner/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, known as the “Gold Dust Trio”, dominated the sport for the next six

In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow convinced Georgia promoter Tom Law to move to Wichita, Kansas and develop the area for future wrestling shows. The American Midwest would be a significant revenue generator for the Gold Dust Trio, which Sandow led with World Champion Ed “Worger” Lewis and promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, in the 1920s. Law would produce two

In 1894, Martin “Boer” Burns was preparing to wrestle Evan “Worger” Lewis for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. While Burns was entering his prime, Lewis had been on top of American professional wrestling for 5 jaar. Lewis also wrestled a viscous style with an emphasis on submission holds. Burns would have to be prepared for a tough contest, which could

Verona, Missouri is 'n klein dorpie in die suidweste van Missouri. Nooit oorskry nie 900 inwoners in sy geskiedenis, enigste 438 of so het mense Verona tuis genoem 1926. Tog, ’n professionele stoeikaart is Maandag in die dorp gehou, Maart 22, 1926. Sonder die wydverspreide gebruik van motors of paaie wat gebou is om dit te hanteer, reis sou baie moeilik wees in 1926.

Op Vrydag, Februarie 17, 1922, Wêreld-swaargewigstoeikampioen Stanislaus Zbyszko het 'n voorgee-wedstryd teen Francois Lemarque en die opkomende ster Jim Londos gestoei. Londos was nog 'n paar jaar weg daarvan om die grootste lokettrekking in professionele stoei te word, maar hy was die gewildste stoeier in St.. Louis. Terwyl Londos net sowat 5 gestaan ​​het’06” of 5’07”, hy besit

On Sunday, Desember 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri once more proved itself to be a hotbed for professional wrestling as 8,000 fans crammed Convention Hall to watch the rematch between Frank Gotch and Fred Beell. Beell won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Gotch three weeks earlier in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gotch claimed the loss to be a fluke, while

Op Saterdag, December 2nd, 1893, local Saint Louis boxing instructor and Greco-Roman wrestler Mike Mooney met Max Luttbeg at Saint Louis’ Entertainment Hall. Pre-match hype focused on Mooney never losing a wrestling match or a boxing bout. Mooney was considered a better Greco-Roman wrestler, while Luttbeg was a better catch-as-catch-can wrestler. In the 19th century, it was common for matches