Category: Erken Profesyonel Güreş Tarihi

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. Mayıs 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kim

Frank Gotch, Humboldt adlı çiftlik çocuk, Iowa, Dünya Ağır Siklet Güreş Şampiyonası'nda George Hackenschmidt yenilgi olacaktır 1908. Bu zafer ve onun daha sonraki yenilgi “Kesmek” in 1911 rövanş tüm zamanların en büyük güreşçi olarak GOTCH yerini pekiştirdi. Gotch çok yetenekli bir güreşçi oldu ama o efsane yenilmez wunderkind değildi. 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 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

Aralık 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Ancak, 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” Demir kama, Ayrıca Evan Lewis adında “Strangler”, bir profesyonel güreşçi oldu 1882 karşı 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” veya “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament

Kırlangıç “Çiftçi” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Çiftçi” Burns, kendi başına büyük bir güreşçi oldu. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 lira. Içinde 1891, Iowa Ağır Siklet Şampiyonu olarak Burns JC aldı. Comstock, Michigan Ağır Siklet Şampiyonu. 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 1890'larda Fransa'nın Greko-Romen Güreş Şampiyonu oldu. O, Rusya'da bir turnuva kazanan önce Folies-Bergeres'e bir turnuva kazandı 1898. Bu zaferler Dünya Greko-Romen Güreş Şampiyonasını talep etmesine izin verdi. Pons tren güreşçiler ve güçlü erkekler için bir spor salonu açarak bu ün harfle. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of

Ed “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”