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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
A l'abril 3, 1908, American Wrestling Campió Frank Gotch reunir World Wrestling Campió George Hackenschmidt pel títol mundial en Dexter Parc Pavilion a Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt era invicte com a professional, però havia estat campió del món per aproximadament 7 any. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Dimarts, Març 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 i 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.
I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.
Al gener 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Al desembre 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch perdre una batalla de tres setmanes amb l'enverinament urèmica. Els metges van tractar de mantenir els seus ronyons passen per una operació a Chicago però sempre i només un alleujament temporal. Gotch intenció de viatjar a Hot Springs, Arkansas per intentar restaurar la seva salut. L'operació va acabar aquesta esperança. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Dilluns, Febrer 7, 1887, Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton es va conèixer a Battery D a Chicago, Illinois. Seria el primer de diversos combats d'exhibició entre els homes. Van fer aquestes exposicions a les ciutats més grans del mig oest al principi 1887. Com el St. El partit de Paul que vaig cobrir en una publicació anterior, Lewis i Acton van acceptar
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. En aquest episodi, I discuss what Evan “El Estrangulador” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Però, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
En 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. En 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsilvània. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” promoció de lluita lliure i va vèncer Munn per la
Vaig decidir començar 2020 utilitzant dos exemples de lluita lliure professional per discutir per què canviaríeu un relat històric que vau escriure en el passat. En escriure la història, esteu limitat per les fonts disponibles sobre el tema. Fonts primàries com els diaris, els registres oficials i les autobiografies són molt valuosos. Altres fonts com els diaris també són bones, però