Category: Vroeë professionele stoeigeskiedenis

Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Aangesien aanhangers net Clarence Whistler as vaardig genoeg beskou het om sy bewind werklik te bedreig, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Op Mei 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, wat

Frank Gotch, die plaas seun van Humboldt, Iowa, sou verslaan George Hackenschmidt vir die wêreld swaargewig Wrestling kampioenskap in 1908. Hierdie oorwinning en sy daaropvolgende nederlaag van “Hack” in die 1911 herontmoeting gevestig Gotch se plek as een van die grootste stoeiers van alle tye. Gotch was 'n baie talentvolle stoeier maar hy was nie die onoorwonne wunderkind van die legende. Gotch

Januarie 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 'n bedrewe

Omaha-polisiehoof H.W. Dunn het in Maart opskrifte geskep 28, 1915, toe hy 'n bevel uitgereik het wat die geadverteerde professionele stoeiwedstryd tussen Joe Stecher en Jess Westergaard verbied. The April 6, 1915 wedstryd was geskeduleer vir die Omaha Ouditorium. Die hoof het eintlik die bevel uitgereik in opdrag van Superintendent van Polisie A.C. Kugel. Kugel het 'n verklaring uitgereik aan

Op Desember 13, 1920, En “Worger” Lewis het Joe Stecher vir sy Wêreld-swaargewigstoeikampioenskap verslaan. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Egter, 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 “Worger” Lewis, ook genoem Evan Lewis “die worger”, was 'n professionele stoeier van 1882 te 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” of “hang hold”, wat moderne MMA-aanhangers as 'n guillotine-choke ken. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man toernooi

Martin “Boer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Boer” Burns was 'n groot stoeier in sy eie reg. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pond. In 1891, Burns as die Iowa Swaargewig Kampioen het op JC. Comstock, die Michigan Swaargewig Kampioen. J.C. Comstock was

In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times verslaggewer Billy Murphy het 'n onderhoud met St. Louis-stoeipromotor John Contos. Murphy het aan Contos voorgestel dat die era van dominante stoeiers soos William Muldoon verby is. Murphy het gepraat oor die onlangse wedstryd tussen “Wêreldkampioen” Hardneck Phillips en die spelaanspraakmaker Webster O'Malley. Phillips het sy kampioenskap suksesvol verdedig deur O'Malley agterna te gooi 1 hour, 50

Paul Pons was die Grieks-Romeinse stoei kampioen van Frankryk in die 1890's. Hy het 'n toernooi by die Folies-Bergeres voordat die wen 'n toernooi in Rusland in 1898. Hierdie oorwinnings het hom toegelaat om die Grieks-Romeinse Wêreld-stoeikampioenskap te eis. Pons gekapitaliseer op hierdie bekendheid met die opening van 'n gimnasium te lei stoeiers en sterk manne. Pons’ oorwinning was veral merkwaardig as gevolg van

En “Worger” 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”