Category: Рана професионална историја на борење

On Tuesday, Март 22, 1910, Д-р. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 и 1920. Д-р. 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. Д-р.

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.

На декември 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

Во понеделник, Февруари 7, 1887, Еван “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. It would be the first of several exhibition bouts between the men. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to

This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. In this episode, I discuss what Evan “На Strangler” Луис’ hold would be called today. Главна содржина – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Сепак, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Луис

Во 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. Во 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former

Ретко некој се фундаментално го менуваат својата професија, но Stanislaus Zbyszko го направија токму тоа на април,,en,Zbyszko поразен Вејн MUNN во еден од последните снимањето,,en,не изведена,,en,професионални борење натпревари во САД,,en,Тоа беше на снимањето или легитимни натпревар бидејќи Zbyszko двојно преминал,,en,промоција борење и победи MUNN за титулата,,en,Вејн MUNN беше ѕвезда фудбалер на Универзитетот во Небраска,,en,каде што неговиот,,en,фунти рамка беше необично пред стероиди ера,,en,Борење промотори Џејмс,,en,Mondt и Били Sandow,,en,заедно со светот во тешка категорија шампион во борење, Ед,,en,видов пари во голем спортист и покрај неговиот недостаток на способност борење,,en,Претставен како 6,,en,гигант,,en,Трио внимателно го совпаѓа со еден куп на помалку квалификувани борачи,,en,каде MUNN ќе го користи неговата големина и сила да,,en,поразот,,en,мажите,,en 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Пенсилванија. 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