Category: Primae Professio Palaestrae Historiae

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. May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, qui,

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 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. Zbyszko peritus erat

Omaha dux vigilum H.W. Dunn creatus headlines in Martio 28, 1915, cum edixit prohibendo proscriptis colluctationem professionalem inter Joe Stecher et Jess Westergaard. In April 6, 1915 par est scheduled pro Omaha Auditorium. Praecipui ordinem edixerunt ad nutum Superintendentis Vigilum A.C. Kugel. Kugel denuntiationem to

In December 13, 1920, Et “Strangulatam” Ludovicus Joe Stecher vicit pro mundo suo Championship Gravis palaestrae. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Autem, 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 “Strangulatam” Lewis, et vocavit Evan Lewis “in Strangler”, erat a professio a luctator 1882 ut 1899. Ludovicus primus American-quod-capite Heavyweight Capere Can palaestrica Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” vel “hang hold”, quae modern MMA fans scit ut guillotine suffocat. Lodovicus professionalem a debut a conciliandos 64 homo torneamentum

Martin “Agricola” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Agricola” Inutilis facta est suae rei urente. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pondo. In 1891, Ardet ut ad Iowa Heavyweight Champion suscepit JC. Comstock, non quis fuerim in Michigan Heavyweight. J.C. Comstock was

In November 1923, St. Ludovici stella-Times notario Billy Murphy adierunt Sancti. Ludovici Luctandi promotore Ioanne Contos. Murphy Contos proposuit tempus luctatorum dominantium sicut William Muldoon super erat. Murphy locutus est de recenti par inter “Mundus Champion” Hardneck Phillips et lusus contendentis Webster O'Malley. Phillips patrocinium suum feliciter defendit O'Malley post iactis 1 hour, 50

Paulus Pons erat in litteris Graecis et Romanis Champion Francorum palaestrica in 1890s. Ipse victorem a tournament in Folies, Bergeres coram rege privatus in Russia in tournament 1898. Hae victoriae ei permiserunt ut Championship Luctationem Graeco-Romanam vindicaret. Pons capitalized in hac aperta gym dum enim in ordine est, et viri fortes athletas. Pons’ victoria maxime insignis

Et “Strangulatam” 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”