Category: 初期のプロレスの歴史

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. 火曜日に, 11月 2, 1881, 160-pound Edwin Bibby proved there are exceptions to this rule. While small, Edwin Bibby was particularly strong for his size.

6月 4, 1883, グレコローマン世界ヘビー級レスリングチャンピオンウィリアム·マルドゥーンは、サンフランシスコで熟練したフランスのレスラージュールRigalに直面していました, カリフォルニア州. 力士は試合のために彼らのトランクまでストリッピングすると, それはマルドゥーンの電源がRigalに手ごわい挑戦を証明するだろう明らかだった. マルドゥーンは周りに立っていた 6 フィートとの間で計量し 193 と 210 彼のキャリアの間にポンド.

The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. 彼の支配的な統治の間にたった一人の男がマルドゥーンに真剣に挑戦した. 165ポンドのクラレンスホイッスラーは一貫してマルドゥーンに彼の最も困難な挑戦を与えました. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, 11月 1, 1883 in San Francisco, いくつかの試合の1つでカリフォルニア. 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 分. ビールが優勝した

ジョー・アクトンは19世紀におけるイングランド最高のレスラーの一人であった. 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 “働いていました” matches thrown in the mix. バイ 1904 または 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. <スパンbbox_x = "14" fweight = "3"赤= "255"緑= "255"青= "255"アルファ= "=" 244 "bbox_y =" 627 "bbox_w =" 56 "bbox_h =" 20 "FSIZE, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. 残念ながら, the exploits of Martin “ファーマー” Burns and Evan “ラングラー” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a

4月に 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “ラングラー” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” マッチ. 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

10月に 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) チャンピオンシップを獲得したが、それまでスポットライトを浴びることはなかった

11月に 7, 1908, チャールズ・オルソンが満たさ “Americus” 世界ライトヘビー級レスリング選手権のためのGusシェーンライン. 試合は、オブザーバーは、それは次のようになり疑われるほどエキサイティングであることが証明されたが、それは論争に終わりました. オルソンは6に立った’01” しかし、唯一の秤量 170 ポンド. マックス・フラスカンプがクレーフェルトに生まれる, ノルトライン＝ヴェストファーレン州 1879, 彼はチャールズまたはチャーリー・オルソンという名前を取った