Category: Frühe professionelle Wrestling-Geschichte

One of the oldest adages in combat sports is “a good big man always beats a good little man”. It is the reason that we have weight divisions in boxing, wrestling and mixed martial arts. Am Dienstag, November 2, 1881, 160-pound Edwin Bibby proved there are exceptions to this rule. While small, Edwin Bibby was particularly strong for his size.

Juni 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, Kalifornien. 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 und 210 pounds during his career.

Der leistungsstarke William Muldoon wurde als griechisch-römischen World Wrestling-Champion als unbesiegbar. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon und Whistler am Donnerstag getroffen, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, 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 Minuten. Beell won the

Joe Acton war einer der besten Wrestler Englands im 19. Jahrhundert. 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. Von 1904 oder 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,

Wenn World Heavyweight Wrestling-Champion William Muldoon in den Ruhestand 1889, er hoffte, seinen Protege Ernest Roeber als neue Champion anerkannt werden würde. Jedoch, Muldoon gewann seinen Titel im griechisch-römischen Ringen, das war die deutschstämmigen Roeber Expertise. Leider, die Taten von Martin “Bauer” Verbrennungen und Evan “Der Würger” Lewis katapultiert catch-as-catch-Ringen kann in den dominant-Stil. Roeber hat eine haben

Im April 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Würger” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” Streichhölzer. 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

Am Oktober 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

On November 7, 1908, Charles Olson traf “Americus” Gus Schönlein für die Welt-Schwergewichts-Wrestling Championship. Das Spiel erwies sich als spannend werden, als Beobachter vermuteten, es wäre aber es endete in Streit. Olson stand 6’01” aber wog nur 170 Pfund. Geboren Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen in 1879, er nahm den Namen Charles oder Charley Olson