Category: Early Professional Wrestling History

युद्ध खेल में सबसे पुराना adages में से एक है “एक अच्छा बड़ा आदमी हमेशा एक अच्छा छोटा आदमी धड़कता है”. यह कारण है कि हम मुक्केबाजी में वजन डिवीजनों है कि है, कुश्ती और मिश्रित मार्शल आर्ट. मंगलवार को, नवंबर 2, 1881, 160-पाउंड एडविन बिबी साबित कर दिया इस नियम के अपवाद हैं. जबकि छोटे, एडविन बिबी अपने आकार के लिए विशेष रूप से मजबूत था.

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

शक्तिशाली विलियम मल्डून ग्रीको रोमन विश्व कुश्ती चैंपियन के रूप में अजेय माना जाता था. केवल एक आदमी को गंभीरता से उसके प्रमुख शासन काल में मल्डून को चुनौती दी. 165 पाउंड क्लेरेंस Whistler लगातार मल्डून अपने सबसे कठिन चुनौतियों दिया. मल्डून और Whistler गुरुवार को मुलाकात की, नवंबर 1, 1883 सैन फ्रांसिस्को में, 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 मिनट. 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. द्वारा 1904 या 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,

विश्व हैवीवेट कुश्ती चैंपियन विलियम मल्डून में सेवानिवृत्त हुए 1889, वह उसके आश्रित आशा व्यक्त की अर्नेस्ट रोइबर नया चैंपियन माना जाएगा. तथापि, मल्डून ग्रीको रोमन कुश्ती में अपने खिताब जीता, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. दुर्भाग्य, मार्टिन के कारनामे “किसान” Burns and Evan “स्ट्रेंजलर” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a

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

अक्टूबर को 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

नवंबर को 7, 1908, Charles Olson met “Americus” Gus Schonlein for the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The match proved to be as exciting as observers suspected it would be but it ended in controversy. Olson stood 6’01” but weighed only 170 पाउंड. Born Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, he took the name Charles or Charley Olson