Staraí Spóirt agus Ealaíontóir Comhraic
Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 to 1930.
Thug mé an dara breathnú ar an gcluiche seo tar éis éisteacht leis an agallamh podchraoltaí Shut Up and Wrestle le Mike Chapman, duine de na saineolaithe is mó le rá ar Frank Gotch. Chuir Mike Chapman argóint dhiongbháilte amach lena chreidiúint go raibh an bheirt Iarla Caddock vs. Ba “shoots” nó comórtais dhlisteanacha iad cluichí teideal domhanda Joe Stecher. Tar éis athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar chuntais an
Sorakichi Matsuda travelled to the United States in late 1883 to begin his professional wrestling career. Matsuda intended to learn American professional wrestling and return to his homeland to start his own wrestling promotion. Matsuda’s manager made claims about his training in Japan, nach bhféadfaí a fhíorú. Matsuda trained in sumo wrestling with the famous Isegahama stable but did
Ar Dé Máirt, Meitheamh 3, 1924, Thug an wrestler nua-aimseartha Jim Browning dúshlán Taro Miyake i gcluiche stíleanna measctha i Nashville, Tennessee. Donnú, wrestler ó Verona, D’fhág Missouri an ceantar Missouri-Kansas le déanaí chun wrestle in Tennessee agus Kentucky. Bhí an Browning, 21 bliain d'aois, ag forbairt cáil ar wrestling soladach. Browning impressed promoters so much in the 1920s that the promoters put the
Over the past twenty years, preservationists have found several wrestling films from the 1920s through the 1950s that were assumed lost. Fans can watch most of the newly discovered films on YouTube. One of the surviving films is eighteen minutes of an hour, twenty minutes match from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1930. Jim Londos wrestled Dick Shikat (video link) for a
Ar Déardaoin, Aibreán 10, 1884, America’s first full-time professional wrestler, J.H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. The men wrestled a three-out-of-five falls mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled two falls under collar-and-elbow rules. Ross favored side hold rules. The men wrestled two falls by securing side
Ar Dé Sathairn, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, fresh off his first tour of the United States, wrestled the Great Gama at Shepherd’s Bush Stadium in London, Sasana. 7,000 spectators crowded into the stadium to watch the match. A few weeks earlier, An tUasal. Benjamin brought a group of Pehlwani wrestlers from India to wrestle in England. Fans consider the Great Gama
D’éirigh Jim Londos trí chéimeanna na cogaíochta gairmiúla le bheith ar an réalta bosca-oifig is mó ní hamháin sna 1930í ach de ghnáth.. Mar sin féin, mura mbeadh Londos tagtha go St. Louis go luath sna 1920idí, d'fhéadfadh an scéal a bheith an-difriúil. D'fhoghlaim Londos wrestling catch-as-catch-can agus d'fheidhmigh Londos mar fhear láidir i gciorcad an charnabhail le linn
Bhí Henry Moses Dufur speisialaithe i wrestling collar-agus-elbow nuair a throid Dufur go gairmiúil sna 1870í agus 1880í. Rugadh ar Bealtaine 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Bhí Dufur ag troid go príomha in oirthuaisceart na Stát Aontaithe. Ar Meitheamh 27, 1878, Chaith Dufur cluiche fillte le wrestler darbh ainm Cox ag Boston Baseball Park os comhair cúig chéad de lucht leanúna. Cúig chéad leantóir
Curadh Domhanda Trom-mheáchain Wrestling Ed “Strangler” Bhí Lewis sceidealaithe le bualadh leis an iar-churadh Stanislaus Zbyszko ag Craobh St. Louis Coliseum ar an Déardaoin, December 14, 1922 ach cuireadh deireadh leis an gcluiche beagnach mar gheall ar easaontais faoi roghnú réiteora. Ní raibh sé ach tar éis idirghuí St. Louis tionscnóir John Contos gur aontaigh an bheirt fhear St. Louis
On Monday, December 6, 1932, 41-Chuaigh Ed “Strangler” Lewis, bliain d'aois, i ngleic le ceann dá chomórtais dhlisteanacha deiridh chun aighneas ardú céime a réiteach i Nua-Eabhrac. Tar éis a bheith ina allies ar dtús i gcur chun cinn, Bhris Jim Londos amach ó ghrúpa Jack Curley i Nua-Eabhrac. Chun an tsíocháin a athbhunú, chinn na páirtithe ar chomórtas dlisteanach nó ar “shoot” chun an díospóid a réiteach. Joseph “Toots” Mondt