Category: تاريخ المصارعة المحترفة المبكر

واحدة من أقدم الأمثال في الرياضة القتالية غير “رجل كبير جيد يدق دائما الرجل الصغير جيدة”. ذلك هو السبب في أن لدينا الانقسامات الوزن في الملاكمة, المصارعة والفنون القتالية المختلطة. يوم الثلاثاء, نوفمبر 2, 1881, 160-ثبت الجنيه إدوين بيبي هناك استثناءات لهذه القاعدة. رغم صغرها, Edwin Bibby was particularly strong for his size.

حزيران 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, كاليفورنيا. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 و 210 pounds during his career.

واعتبر قوية وليام مولدون لا يقهر كما اليوناني الروماني بطل العالم للمصارعة. رجل واحد فقط تحديا خطيرا مولدون خلال فترة حكمه المهيمن. 165 جنيه كلارنس ويسلر أعطى باستمرار مولدون أصعب التحديات التي سيواجهها. التقى مولدون ويسلر يوم الخميس, نوفمبر 1, 1883 في سان فرانسيسكو, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed

Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 <تمتد bbox_x = "273" bbox_y = "1490" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = ". Beell won the

Joe Acton was one of England’s best wrestlers during the 19th Century. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of

Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. من قبل 1904 أو 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,

When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. لكن, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. للأسف, the exploits of Martin “مزارع” Burns and Evan “والخانق” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a

في أبريل 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “خانق” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” مباريات. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling

في الأول من أكتوبر 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Championship but remained out of the spotlight until

نوفمبر 7, 1908, التقى تشارلز أولسون “Americus” جوس شونلاين لبطولة المصارعة العالمية للوزن خفيف الثقيل. أثبتت المباراة أن تكون مثيرة مثل اشتبه المراقبون أنه سيكون كنها انتهت في الجدل. Olson stood 6’01” ولكن وزنه فقط 170 جنيه. Born Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, he took the name Charles or Charley Olson