Category: Professionell brottningshistoria

På Januari 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. 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

På December 13, 1920, Och “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Emellertid, 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, även kallad Evan Lewis “den strangleren”, var en professionell brottare från 1882 till 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” eller “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 är känd idag som tränare för legendariske brottaren Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Burns var en stor brottare i sin egen rätt. Burns vann amerikanska Heavy Wrestling mästare i den legitima pro wrestling eran trots att bara 165 pounds. I 1891, Burns som Iowa Heavyweight Champion tog på JC. Comstock, Michigan Heavy Champion. 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 var grekisk-romersk brottning mästare i Frankrike på 1890-talet. Han vann en turnering i Folies-Bergères innan han vann en turnering i Ryssland 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons aktiveras på denna ryktbarhet genom att öppna ett gym för att träna brottare och starka män. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of

Och “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”

På tisdag, Mars 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller mötte Stanislaus Zbyszko i en legitim brottningsmatch. Professionell brottning skulle övergå från legitima tävling för att iscensatt utställningen mellan 1910 och 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller utexaminerades från University of Pennsylvania genom att spela professionell fotboll. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.