Category: Kasaysayan ng Maagang Propesyonal na Wrestling

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. Sa Martes, Nobyembre 2, 1881, 160-pound Edwin Bibby proved there are exceptions to this rule. While small, Edwin Bibby was particularly strong for his size.

Noong Hunyo 4, 1883, ang Greco-Roman World matimbang Wrestling Champion William Muldoon nahaharap sanay French mambubuno Jules Rigal sa San Francisco, Kalipornya. Kapag ang wrestlers Nakuha sa kanilang mga putot para sa pagtutugma, ito ay kapangyarihan halata Muldoon ng nais patunayan ng isang mabigat na hamon sa Rigal. Muldoon nakatayo sa paligid 6 talampakan ang taas at weighed sa pagitan ng 193 at 210 pounds sa panahon ng kanyang karera.

The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Nobyembre 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 minuto. 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. Sa pamamagitan ng 1904 o 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,

Kapag World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon ay nagretiro sa 1889, umaasa siya kanyang tangkilik Ernest Roeber ay kinikilala bilang ang bagong kampeon. Gayunman, Muldoon nanalo ang kanyang titulo sa Greco-Roman Wrestling, na kung saan ay ang Aleman-ipinanganak ni Roeber kadalubhasaan. Sa kasamaang-palad, ang nananamantala ng Martin “Magsasaka” Burns at Evan “Ang Strangler” Lewis catapulted mahuli-bilang-catch-maaari pakikipagbuno sa nangingibabaw estilo. Roeber ginawa magkaroon ng isang

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

Noong Oktubre 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

Noong Nobyembre 7, 1908, Charles Olson nakilala “Americus” Gus Schonlein para sa World Banayad na matimbang Wrestling Championship. Ang pagpareho ay pinatunayan upang maging kapana-panabik na bilang mga tagamasid pinaghihinalaang magiging ngunit ito natapos sa kontrobersya. Olson stood 6’01” ngunit tinitimbang lamang 170 pounds. Ipinanganak Max Flaskamp sa Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, kinuha niya ang pangalan Charles o Charley Olson