Category: Historia e hershme e mundjes profesionale

Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Kollë e thatë” në 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

Ne Janar 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. Prill 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

Më dhjetor 13, 1920, Dhe “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Megjithatë, 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 në 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ose “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament

Babil “Fermer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Fermer” 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 £. Në 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

In November 1923, St. Gazetari i Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy intervistoi St. Promotori i mundjes Louis, John Contos. Murphy i propozoi Contos se epoka e mundësve dominues si William Muldoon kishte mbaruar.. Murphy foli për ndeshjen e fundit mes tyre “Kampion Bote” Hardneck Phillips dhe pretendenti i lojës Webster O'Malley. Phillips mbrojti me sukses kampionatin e tij duke gjuajtur O'Malley pas 1 hour, 50

Paul Pons ishte kampion mundje greko-romake i Francës në vitet 1890. Ai fitoi një turne në Folies-Bergeres para se të fituar një turne në Rusi në 1898. Këto fitore e lejuan atë të pretendonte Kampionatin Botëror të Mundjes Greko-Romake. Pons kapitalizuar mbi këtë famë duke hapur një palestër për mundësit e trenit dhe burrave të fortë. Pons’ fitorja ishte veçanërisht e jashtëzakonshme për shkak të

Dhe “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”