Category: היסטוריית היאבקות מקצועית מוקדמת

Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, 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, מי

פרנק Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, איווה, 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

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. זביסקו היה מיומן

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

בדצמבר 13, 1920, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "952" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "16" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " “<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "976" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "52" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. אולם, 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

אוון “<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "976" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "52" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "” לואיס, המכונה גם אוון לואיס “החונק”, היה מתאבק מקצועי מ 1882 <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "787" = bbox_w "796" = bbox_h "12" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " 1899. לואיס היה האלוף אמריקאי הראשונה במשקל כבד לתפוס-כתפוס יכול היאבקות. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” או “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. לואיס ערך את הופעת הבכורה המקצועית שלו על ידי זוכה 64 man tournament

סנונית “חקלאי” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “חקלאי” 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 קילו. בתוך 1891, ברנס כבמשקל הכבד האלוף איווה לקח על JC. קומסטוק, במשקל כבד אלוף מישיגן. J.C. Comstock was

In November 1923, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". כתב לואי סטאר-טיימס בילי מרפי ראיין את סנט. מקדם ההיאבקות של לואי ג'ון קונטוס. מרפי הציע לקונטוס כי תם עידן המתאבקים הדומיננטי כמו ויליאם מולדון. מרפי דיבר על ההתמודדות האחרונה בין “אלוף עולם” הארדנק פיליפס ומתמודד המשחק וובסטר אומלי. פיליפס הגן בהצלחה על האליפות שלו כשזרק את או'אמלי אחרי 1 hour, 50

פול פונס היה אלוף היאבקות בסגנון היווני הרומי של צרפת ב1890s. הוא זכה בטורניר בFolies-Bergeres לפני הזכייה בטורניר ברוסיה בשנת 1898. הניצחונות הללו אפשרו לו לתבוע את אליפות ההיאבקות העולמית בגרו-רומא. פונס מהוון על גנאי זאת על ידי פתיחת חדר כושר למתאבקי רכבת וגברים חזקים. Pons’ הניצחון היה מדהים במיוחד בגלל

<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "952" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "16" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " “<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "976" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "52" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "” 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”