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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Travanj 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 godina. Gotch je bio godinu dana stariji, ali smatran je usponom. Obožavatelji i novinari koji pokrivaju sport smatrali su Gotcha
U utorak, Ožujak 22, 1910, Doktor. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 i 1920. Doktor. 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. Doktor.
Često otkrivam da je najveći izazov u istraživanju ranog profesionalnog hrvanja odvajanje činjenica od fikcije. Čak i kad su se hrvači natjecali u legitimnim mečevima, često su napuhavali ishode, izgradili su apokrifni folklor oko svojih pobjeda i izmišljali fantastične priče kako bi objasnili svoje gubitke. Profesionalno hrvanje proizašlo je iz karnevala i zadržalo promotivne instinkte ove umjetnosti. St.
Siječnja 10, 1910, Nedavno je stigao poljski rvač Stanislav Zbyszko preuzeo Charlie “Kid” Cutler u najboljem dva-out-of-tri padova utakmicu. Cutler je bio boksač u družina pokrenuti John L. Sullivan prije prelaska na hrvanje. Dok Cutler je izuzetno teško, Stanislav Zbyszko je hrvanje od mladosti. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
U prosincu 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
U ponedjeljak, Veljača 7, 1887, Evan “Davitelj” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton upoznao je u Battery D u Chicagu, Illinois. Bio bi to prvi od nekoliko egzibicijskih mečeva između muškaraca. Rano su izvodili te izložbe u većim gradovima Srednjeg zapada 1887. Poput St. Paul match koji sam opisao u ranijem postu, Lewis i Acton su pristali
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. U ovoj epizodi, I discuss what Evan “Davitelj” Klin dizač’ 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. Međutim, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Klin dizač
U 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. U 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” promicanje hrvanja i pobijedio Munna za
Odlučio sam započeti 2020 koristeći dva primjera iz profesionalnog hrvanja kako biste raspravili zašto biste promijenili povijesni izvještaj koji ste napisali u prošlosti. U pisanju povijesti, ograničeni ste dostupnim izvorima o predmetu. Primarni izvori poput dnevnika, službeni zapisi i autobiografije vrlo su vrijedni. Drugi izvori poput novina također su dobri, ali