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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 i 1930.
Ar Ebrill 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 blynyddoedd. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Mawrth 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 a 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.
Yn aml rwyf wedi canfod mai’r her fwyaf wrth ymchwilio i reslo proffesiynol cynnar yw gwahanu ffaith oddi wrth ffuglen. Hyd yn oed pan oedd y reslwyr yn cystadlu mewn gemau cyfreithlon, roeddent yn aml yn chwyddo canlyniadau, adeiladu llên gwerin apocryffaidd o amgylch eu buddugoliaethau a llunio chwedlau ffansïol i egluro eu colledion. Deilliodd reslo proffesiynol o'r carnifalau a chadw greddfau hyrwyddo'r gelfyddyd hon. St.
Ar Ionawr 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
Ar Ragfyr 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Ar ddydd Llun, Chwefror 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Cyfarfu Joe Acton ym Magnelfa D yn Chicago, Illinois. Hwn fyddai'r cyntaf o sawl gornest arddangos rhwng y dynion. Fe wnaethant berfformio'r arddangosfeydd hyn yn ninasoedd mwy Canolbarth Lloegr yn gynnar 1887. Fel y St. Paul yn cyd-fynd â sylwais mewn post cynharach, Cytunodd Lewis ac Acton i
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Yn y bennod hon, I discuss what Evan “Y Strangler” 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. Fodd bynnag,, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
Yn 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. Yn 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, Pennsylvania. 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” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but