Category: Professional Wrestling History

Fuq Jannar 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. Il 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

Fuq Diċembru 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Madankollu, 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, imsejħa wkoll Evan Lewis “l-Strangler”, kien wrestler professjonali minn 1882 li 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” jew “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament

Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 liri. Fil 1891, Burns bħala l-Heavyweight Champion Iowa ħa fuq JC. Comstock, l Heavyweight Champion Michigan. J.C. Comstock was

In November 1923, St. Ir-reporter ta’ Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy intervista lil St. Louis promotur lotta John Contos. Murphy ppropona lil Contos li l-era ta' wrestlers dominanti bħal William Muldoon kienet spiċċat. Murphy tkellem dwar il-partita riċenti bejn “Champion tad-Dinja” Hardneck Phillips u l-konkorrent tal-logħba Webster O'Malley. Phillips iddefenda b'suċċess il-kampjonat tiegħu billi tefa' lil O'Malley wara 1 hour, 50

Paul Pons kien Champion Wrestling Greco-Roman ta 'Franza fl-1890s. Hu rebaħ kampjonat fil-Folies-Bergeres qabel rebbieħa tournament fir-Russja 1898. Dawn ir-rebħiet ippermettewlu jikseb il-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Greko-Rumana. Pons kapitalizzat fuq dan notoriety, billi fetħet ġinnasju li wrestlers ferrovija u l-irġiel qawwija. Pons’ ir-reb[a kienet partikolarment notevoli min[abba

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”

Nhar it-Tlieta, Marzu 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller iltaqa Stanislaus Zbyszko fil-logħba lotta leġittimu. Wrestling professjonali se transizzjoni minn konkors leġittimu li wirja fi stadji bejn 1910 u 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller gradwat mill-Università ta 'Pennsylvania bil-logħob tal-futbol professjonali. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.