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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 til 1930.
On April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch mødte World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt til verden titel på Dexter Park Pavilion i Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt blev ubesejret som professionel, men havde været verdensmester i ca. 7 år. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
På tirsdag, Marts 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 og 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.
Jeg har ofte fundet ud af, at den største udfordring ved at forske i tidlig professionel wrestling er at adskille fakta fra fiktion. Selv når bryderne konkurrerede i legitime kampe, de ofte oppustede resultater, opbygget apokryfisk folklore omkring deres sejre og opdigtede fantasifulde fortællinger for at bortforklare deres tab. Professionel brydning udsprang fra karnevalerne og beholdt denne kunsts salgsfremmende instinkter. St.
Den January 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
Den December 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch mistede en tre uge kamp med uræmisk forgiftning. Læger forsøgte at holde hans nyrer går gennem en operation i Chicago, men det gav kun midlertidig lindring. Gotch til formål at rejse til Hot Springs, Arkansas for at forsøge at genoprette sit helbred. Operationen sluttede dette håb. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
På mandag, Februar 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis og “Lille Demon” han blev diskvalificeret for en slem fejl, Illinois. han blev diskvalificeret for en slem fejl. han blev diskvalificeret for en slem fejl 1887. han blev diskvalificeret for en slem fejl. han blev diskvalificeret for en slem fejl, han blev diskvalificeret for en slem fejl
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. I denne episode, I discuss what Evan “Den 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. Men, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
I 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. I 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 forfremmelse og slog Munn for
Jeg besluttede at starte 2020 ved at bruge to eksempler fra professionel wrestling til at diskutere, hvorfor du ville ændre en historisk beretning, du skrev tidligere. I at skrive historie, du er begrænset af de tilgængelige kilder om emnet. Primære kilder som dagbøger, officielle optegnelser og selvbiografier er meget værdifulde. Andre kilder som aviser er også gode, men