Category: Stair na Luath-Chonga Gairmiúla

Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Ós rud é gur mheas lucht leanúna ach Clarence Whistler oilte go leor chun bagairt a dhéanamh ar a réimeas, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. On May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, a

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 “Hack” in the 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

Ar Eanáir 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

Ar Nollaig 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Mar sin féin, 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, ar a dtugtar freisin Evan Lewis “an Strangler”, Bhí wrestler gairmiúla ó 1882 to 1899. Bhí Lewis an Champion chéad Mheiriceánach trom Catch-mar-ghabháil An féidir Wrestling. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” nó “hang hold”, a bhfuil a fhios ag lucht leanúna MMA nua-aimseartha mar choke gilitín. Lewis rinne sé ar an bhfoireann ghairmiúil ag a bhuaigh le 64 comórtas fear

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

In November 1923, St. Chuir tuairisceoir Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, agallamh ar St. Louis wrestling tionscnóir John Contos. Mhol Murphy do Contos go raibh ré na wrestlers ceannasach cosúil le William Muldoon thart. Labhair Murphy faoin gcluiche le déanaí idir “Craobh an Domhain” Hardneck Phillips agus iomaitheoir an chluiche Webster O’Malley. D’éirigh le Phillips a chraobh a chosaint trí O’Malley a chaitheamh ina dhiaidh 1 hour, 50

Bhí Paul Pons an Champion Wrestling Greco-Roman na Fraince sna 1890í. Bhuaigh sé tournament ag an Folies-Bergeres sula bhuaigh comórtas sa Rúis i 1898. Thug na buaicí seo deis dó Craobhchomórtais Wrestling Greco-Rómhánach an Domhain a éileamh. Pons caipitlithe ar an notoriety ag oscailt seomra aclaíochta a wrestlers traenach agus fir láidir. Pons’ bhí bua thar cuimse go háirithe mar gheall ar

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”