Category: Profi birkózás története

On January 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

On December 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Viszont, 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 “Strangler” Lewis, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 a 1899. Lewis volt az első amerikai nehézsúlyú Catch-as-retesz Birkózás Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” vagy “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis tette szakmai bemutatkozó megnyerte a 64 man tournament

Márton “Földműves” Burns híres ma az edző, a legendás birkózó Frank Gotch. “Földműves” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns nyerte az amerikai nehézsúlyú birkózó bajnok a jogos pankráció korában annak ellenére, hogy csak a 165 font. -Ben 1891, Burns a Iowa nehézsúlyú bajnok volt a JC. Comstock, A Michigan nehézsúlyú bajnoka. J. C. Comstock was

In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match between “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50

Paul Pons volt a görög-római birkózás bajnok Franciaország a 1890-es években. Ő nyert egy versenyen, a Folies-Bergeres előtt megnyerte a versenyt Oroszországban 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons kihasználja ezt a hírhedtté megnyitásával a tornaterem vonat birkózók és az erős férfiak. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of

Ed “Strangler” 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”

Kedden, Március 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 és 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.