Category: Historia da loita libre profesional

Since its emergence as a spectator sport in the second half of the 19th Century, promoters and wrestlers were under a cloud of suspicion that they were working their matches. While professional wrestling would eventually consist almost exclusively of staged exhibitions, moitas, if not most, of the matches were legitimate contest prior to 1915. Promoters and wrestlers went to great

A principios de 1915, Sam Rachmann promoted the New York International Wrestling Tournament with the intention of replacing retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Rachmann believed no one could defeat Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Rachmann’s handpicked successor to Gotch, in Greco-Roman wrestling. Rachmann’s challenge was catch-as-catch-can was the dominant wrestling style in America. To get around this challenge, Rachmann recruited international

En 1922, future World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Jim Browning began his career in Kansas. Browning moved from his hometown of Verona, Missouri en 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

En marzo 3, 1922, E “Estrangulador” 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 “Estrangulador” 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 “Estrangulador” Lewis and promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, in the 1920s. Law would produce two

En 1894, Martin “Agricultores” Burns preparábase para loitar contra Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis para o American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Mentres Burns entraba no seu apoxeo, Lewis estivo á cabeza da loita profesional estadounidense durante 5 anos. Lewis tamén loitou un estilo viscoso con énfase nas sumisións. Burns tería que estar preparado para un duro concurso, que podería

Verona, Missouri é unha pequena cidade do suroeste de Missouri. Nunca excedendo 900 residentes na súa historia, só 438 ou iso a xente chamaba a casa de Verona 1926. Aínda, O luns celebrouse na localidade un carné de loita profesional, Marzo 22, 1926. Sen o uso xeneralizado de automóbiles ou estradas construídas para manexalos, viaxar sería moi difícil 1926.

O venres, Febreiro 17, 1922, O campión mundial de loita libre de peso pesado Stanislaus Zbyszko loitou un combate de handicap contra Francois Lemarque e a prometedora estrela Jim Londos.. Londos aínda estaba a poucos anos de converterse no maior atractivo de taquilla da loita libre profesional, pero era o loitador máis popular de St.. Louis. Mentres Londos só quedou uns 5’06” ou 5’07”, el posuía

On Sunday, Decembro 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri demostrou unha vez máis ser un fervedoiro para a loita libre profesional 8,000 os fans ateigaron o Convention Hall para ver a revancha entre Frank Gotch e Fred Beell. Beell gañou o American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship de Gotch tres semanas antes en Nova Orleans, Louisiana. Gotch afirmou que a perda foi unha casualidade, while

O sábado, 2 de decembro, 1893, O instrutor de boxeo local de Saint Louis e loitador grecorromano Mike Mooney coñeceu a Max Luttbeg en Saint Louis.’ Salón de espectáculos. A publicidade previa ao partido centrábase en que Mooney nunca perdeu un combate de loita nin un combate de boxeo. Mooney era considerado un mellor loitador grecorromano, mentres que Luttbeg era un mellor loitador de catch-as-catch-can. No século XIX, era habitual para os partidos