Category: Professional Wrestling History

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

Decembra 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Však, 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, tiež volal Evan Lewis “škrtič”, bol profesionálny zápasník z 1882 na 1899. Lewis bol prvý Američan Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Zápas Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” alebo “hang hold”, ktorú novodobí fanúšikovia MMA poznajú pod názvom gilotínová tlmivka. Lewis robil jeho profesionálny debut víťazstvom 64 mužský turnaj

Martin “Poľnohospodár” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Poľnohospodár” 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 libier. V 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

In November 1923, St. Reportér Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy urobil rozhovor so St. Louis wrestlingový promotér John Contos. Murphy navrhol Contosovi, že éra dominantných zápasníkov ako William Muldoon sa skončila. Murphy hovoril o nedávnom zápase medzi nimi “Majster sveta” Hardneck Phillips a herný uchádzač Webster O'Malley. Phillips úspešne obhájil svoje prvenstvo tým, že hodil O’Malleyho po 1 hour, 50

Paul Pons bol grécko-rímsky zápas majster Francúzska v roku 1890. On vyhral turnaj vo Folies-Bergères predtým, než vyhrá turnaj v Rusku 1898. Tieto víťazstvá mu umožnili získať titul majstra sveta v grécko-rímskom zápase. Pons zarábal na tejto známosti otvorením posilňovňu, aby vlak zápasníkov a silných mužov. Pons’ víťazstvo bolo pozoruhodné najmä preto

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”

On Tuesday, Marec 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 a 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.