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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 karşı 1930.
Nisan'da 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 yıl. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Salı günü, Mart 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 ve 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.
On 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
Aralık 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
Pazartesi günü, Şubat 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Küçük Demon” Joe Acton, Chicago'daki Battery D'de bir araya geldi, Illinois. Erkekler arasındaki birkaç gösteri maçından ilki olacaktı.. Bu sergileri daha büyük Ortabatı şehirlerinde erken dönemlerde gerçekleştirdiler. 1887. Aziz gibi. Daha önceki bir gönderide bahsettiğim Paul maçı, Lewis ve Acton kabul etti
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Bu bölüm, Ben tartışmak ne Evan “Strangler” Demir kama’ tutma bugün olacağını söyledi. Ana İçerik – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Ancak, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Demir kama
Içinde 1880, William Muldoon Thiebaud Bauer yendikten sonra Greko-Romen stilde Dünya Ağır Siklet Güreş Şampiyonu olacak, hükümdarlık şampiyon. O bu feat gerçekleştirmek istiyorsunuz önce, Muldoon onun aidat ödemek ve Bauer ile başlık tilt hazırlanmak zorunda. Içinde 1876, Muldoon eski çıplak boğum prizefighting dünya şampiyonu John Morrissey dikkatini çekti. 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” güreş promosyonu ve Munn'u yendi
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