Category: Professional Wrestling History

Januarie 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko was a skilled

Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

Op Desember 13, 1920, En “Worger” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Egter, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud

Evan “Worger” Lewis, ook genoem Evan Lewis “die worger”, was 'n professionele stoeier van 1882 te 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” of “hang hold”, wat moderne MMA-aanhangers as 'n guillotine-choke ken. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man toernooi

Martin “Boer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Boer” Burns was 'n groot stoeier in sy eie reg. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pond. In 1891, Burns as die Iowa Swaargewig Kampioen het op JC. Comstock, die Michigan Swaargewig Kampioen. J.C. Comstock was

In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times verslaggewer Billy Murphy het 'n onderhoud met St. Louis-stoeipromotor John Contos. Murphy het aan Contos voorgestel dat die era van dominante stoeiers soos William Muldoon verby is. Murphy het gepraat oor die onlangse wedstryd tussen “Wêreldkampioen” Hardneck Phillips en die spelaanspraakmaker Webster O'Malley. Phillips het sy kampioenskap suksesvol verdedig deur O'Malley agterna te gooi 1 hour, 50

Paul Pons was die Grieks-Romeinse stoei kampioen van Frankryk in die 1890's. Hy het 'n toernooi by die Folies-Bergeres voordat die wen 'n toernooi in Rusland in 1898. Hierdie oorwinnings het hom toegelaat om die Grieks-Romeinse Wêreld-stoeikampioenskap te eis. Pons gekapitaliseer op hierdie bekendheid met die opening van 'n gimnasium te lei stoeiers en sterk manne. Pons’ oorwinning was veral merkwaardig as gevolg van

En “Worger” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

Op Dinsdag, Maart 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 en 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.