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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 para 1930.
En xaneiro de 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
En decembro de 13, 1920, E “Estrangulador” Lewis derrotou a Joe Stecher polo seu World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Porén, 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 “Estrangulador” Lewis, tamén chamado Evan Lewis “o Estrangulador”, foi un loitador profesional de 1882 para 1899. Lewis foi o primeiro americano campión Heavyweight Catch-as-catch pode Wrestling. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ou “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis fixo súa estrea profesional, gañando un 64 man tournament
Martin “Agricultores” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Agricultores” Queimaduras foi un gran loitador no seu propio dereito. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 libras. En 1891, Queimaduras como o Heavyweight Champion Iowa asumiu JC. Comstock, o Heavyweight Champion Michigan. J.C. Comstock was
In November 1923, St. O xornalista do Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, entrevistou a St. O promotor de loita libre Louis John Contos. Murphy propuxo a Contos que a era dos loitadores dominantes como William Muldoon rematara. Murphy falou do recente partido entre “Campión do Mundo” Hardneck Phillips e o competidor Webster O'Malley. Phillips defendeu con éxito o seu campionato lanzando a O'Malley despois 1 hour, 50
Paul Pons foi o campión de wrestling greco-romano de Francia na década de 1890. El venceu un torneo no Folies Bergere, antes de gañar un torneo en Rusia 1898. Estas vitorias permitiulle acadar o Campionato Mundial de Loita Grecorromana. Pons capitalizou esta notoriedade a través da apertura dunha academia para loitadores de tren e homes fortes. Pons’ a vitoria foi especialmente notable por mor de
E “Estrangulador” 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”
En abril 3, 1908, Wrestling Campión Americano Frank Gotch coñeceu World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt ao título mundial en Dexter Parque Pavilion en Chicago, California. Hackenschmidt estaba invicto como profesional, pero fora campión do mundo por uns 7 anos. Gotch era un ano maior, pero considerábao un novo. Os fans e xornalistas que cobren o deporte consideran Gotch
O martes, Marzo 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 e 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.