Category: Snemma saga atvinnuglímu

Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Þar sem aðdáendur töldu Clarence Whistler aðeins nógu hæfan til að ógna stjórn hans, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Á maí 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, sem

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 “Hakk” í því 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

Janúar 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 var þjálfaður

Lögreglustjórinn í Omaha, H.W. Dunn skapaði fyrirsagnir í mars 28, 1915, þegar hann gaf út skipun um að banna auglýsta atvinnuglímu Joe Stecher og Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 Leikurinn var á dagskrá í Omaha Auditorium. Yfirmaðurinn gaf í raun út skipunina að beiðni lögreglustjóra A.C. Kugel. Kugel gaf út yfirlýsingu til

Á Desember 13, 1920, Og “Strangler” Lewis sigraði Joe Stecher fyrir heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Þó, 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, einnig kallað Evan Lewis “sem Strangler”, var faglegur wrestler frá 1882 til 1899. Lewis var fyrsta American Heavyweight Afli-eins og-afli Glíma Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” eða “hang hold”, sem nútíma MMA aðdáendur þekkja sem guillotine choke. Lewis gerði faglega frumraun sína með því að vinna a 64 manna mót

Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Burns var mikill wrestler í eigin rétti sínum. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 £. Í 1891, Burns sem Iowa þungavigtar meistari tók á JC. Comstock, að Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

In November 1923, St. Billy Murphy, blaðamaður Louis Star-Times, tók viðtal við St. John Contos, umboðsmaður Louis-glímunnar. Murphy lagði til við Contos að tímabil ríkjandi glímumanna eins og William Muldoon væri lokið. Murphy talaði um nýlega leik á milli “Heimsmeistari” Hardneck Phillips og keppandinn Webster O'Malley. Phillips varði meistaratitilinn sinn með góðum árangri með því að henda O'Malley á eftir 1 hour, 50

Paul Pons var Greco-Roman Glíma Champion Frakklands í 1890s. Hann vann mótið á Folies-Bergeres áður vann mót í Rússlandi í 1898. Þessir sigrar gerðu honum kleift að gera tilkall til heimsmeistaramótsins í grísk-rómverskri glímu. Pons eignfærð á þessari frægð með því að opna ræktina til að þjálfa wrestlers og sterkra manna. Pons’ sigurinn var sérstaklega merkilegur vegna

Og “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”