Category: Sejarah Gulat Profesional Awal

Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Karena fans hanya menganggap Clarence Whistler cukup terampil untuk benar-benar mengancam pemerintahannya, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Pada tanggal 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, yang

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 “Terjangan” 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

Pada 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 adalah seorang yang terampil

Kepala Polisi Omaha H.W. Dunn menjadi berita utama pada bulan Maret 28, 1915, ketika dia mengeluarkan perintah yang melarang pertandingan gulat profesional yang diiklankan antara Joe Stecher dan Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 pertandingan dijadwalkan di Auditorium Omaha. Perintah tersebut sebenarnya dikeluarkan Kapolri atas perintah Inspektur Polisi A.C. Kugel. Kugel mengeluarkan pernyataan kepada

Pada tanggal 13, 1920, Dan “Pencekik” Lewis mengalahkan Joe Stecher untuk Kejuaraan Gulat Kelas Berat Dunia. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. However, 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 “Pencekik” Lewis, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 untuk 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” atau “hang hold”, yang dikenal oleh penggemar MMA modern sebagai guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 turnamen pria

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

In November 1923, St. Reporter Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy mewawancarai St. Promotor gulat Louis John Contos. Murphy mengusulkan kepada Contos bahwa era pegulat dominan seperti William Muldoon telah berakhir. Murphy berbicara tentang pertandingan terakhir antara “Juara Dunia” Hardneck Phillips dan pesaing permainan Webster O'Malley. Phillips berhasil mempertahankan gelar juaranya dengan melemparkan O'Malley setelahnya 1 hour, 50

Paul Pons adalah Juara Gulat Greco-Roman Perancis di tahun 1890-an. Ia memenangkan turnamen di Folies-Bergeres sebelum memenangkan sebuah turnamen di Rusia di 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons memanfaatkan ketenaran ini dengan membuka gym untuk melatih pegulat dan laki-laki yang kuat. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of

Dan “Pencekik” 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”