Category: Agrīna profesionālās cīņas vēsture

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. Gada maijā 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kurš

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 “Kapāt” 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

Janvārī 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 was a skilled

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

Decembrī 13, 1920, Un “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Tomēr, 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” Vilka ķetna, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 līdz 1899. Lewis bija pirmais amerikāņu Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Cīkstēšanās Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” vai “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis veicis profesionālo debija, uzvarot 64 man tournament

Čurkste “Lauksaimnieks” Burns ir slavena šodien, kad treneris leģendārais cīkstonis Frank Gotch. “Lauksaimnieks” Burns bija liels cīkstonis savā labā. Burns uzvarēja amerikāņu smagsvara cīkstoņiem čempionu leģitīmo pro cīkstēšanās ēras neskatoties uz to tikai 165 mārciņas. Uz 1891, Burns kā Aiovas smagsvara čempions ieguva JC. Comstock, Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match between “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50

Paul Pons bija grieķu-romiešu cīņa čempions Francijas 1890. Viņš uzvarēja turnīrā pie Folies-Bergeres pirms uzvarēt turnīrā Krievijā 1898. Šīs uzvaras viņam ļāva pretendēt uz pasaules grieķu-romiešu cīņas čempionātu. Pons kapitalizētas uz šo slavu, atverot sporta zāli, lai vilcienu cīkstoņi un spēcīgi vīrieši. Pons’ uzvara bija īpaši ievērojama, jo

Un “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”