Category: Rana povijest profesionalnog hrvanja

Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Budući da su navijači samo Clarencea Whistlera smatrali dovoljno vještim da stvarno zaprijeti njegovoj vladavini, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Svibnja 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, koji

Frank Gotch, farmer iz Humboldt, Iowa, će pobijediti George Hackenschmidt za Svjetsko prvenstvo u teškoj kategoriji Hrvanje 1908. Ova pobjeda i njegova kasnija poraz “Pijuk” u 1911 revanš zacementirao Gotch je mjesto kao jedan od najvećih hrvača svih vremena. Gotch je vrlo talentiran hrvač, ali nije bio neporažen wunderkind legende. Gotch

Siječnja 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 je bio vješt

Šef policije Omahe H.W. Dunn je napravio naslove u ožujku 28, 1915, kada je izdao naredbu o zabrani oglašenog profesionalnog hrvačkog meča između Joea Stechera i Jessa Westergaarda. The April 6, 1915 utakmica je bila zakazana za Omaha Auditorium. Načelnik je zapravo izdao naredbu po nalogu načelnika policije A.C. Kugel. Kugel je izdao priopćenje za

U prosincu 13, 1920, I “Davitelj” Lewis je pobijedio Joea Stechera za Svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju u teškoj kategoriji. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Međutim, 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 “Davitelj” Klin dizač, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 to 1899. Lewis je bio prvi američki teškoj Catch-kao-ulov Hrvanje prvak. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ili “hang hold”, koju ljubitelji modernog MMA-a poznaju kao giljotinski čok. Lewis je svoj profesionalni debi pobjedom 64 muški turnir

Bregunica “Seljak” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Seljak” Burns je bio veliki hrvač u svoje pravo. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 funti. U 1891, Burns što Iowi prvak u teškoj kategoriji je na JC. Comstock, Michigan prvak u teškoj kategoriji. J.C. Comstock was

In November 1923, St. Novinar Louis Star-Timesa Billy Murphy intervjuirao je St. Louis hrvački promotor John Contos. Murphy je rekao Contosu da je era dominantnih hrvača poput Williama Muldoona završila. Murphy je govorio o nedavnoj utakmici između “Svjetski prvak” Hardneck Phillips i konkurent Webster O’Malley. Phillips je uspješno obranio svoje prvenstvo bacivši O'Malleyja nakon 1 hour, 50

Paul Pons bio hrvanju grčko-rimskim prvak Francuske u 1890. On je osvojio turnir u Folies-Bergeres pred osvajanjem turnira u Rusiji 1898. Ove pobjede omogućile su mu da osvoji svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju grčko-rimskim stilom. Pons kapitaliziraju na ovoj očitost otvaranjem teretanu trenirati hrvača i jakih muškaraca. Pons’ pobjeda je bila posebno značajna zbog

I “Davitelj” 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”