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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 մինչեւ 1930.
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
Վերջին 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Ագարակատեր” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Սակայն, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Միջոցով 1902, George
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
On April 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March
Օգոստոսի 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
Շաբաթ, Նոյեմբեր 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 արձանագրություն. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed
William Muldoon, Համաշխարհային հունա - հռոմեական ըմբշամարտի չեմպիոն եւ ֆիզկուլտուրայի կողմնակից, եկել Լոս Անջելեսում երեքշաբթի, Ապրիլ 15, 1884 դիմակայել տեղական ըմբիշ Fred Bauer. Խաղը տեղի է ունեցել տեղական Turnvereine սրահում Լոս Անջելեսում. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Ըմբշամարտի միջազգային մրցաշարը տեղի է ունեցել երկու փուլով միջեւ մայիս 19, 1915 եւ դեկտեմբեր 31, 1915. Հիսուն ըմբիշները պետք է մրցել առաջին փուլի մրցաշարում, այդ թվում աշխարհի հունահռոմեական չեմպիոն Ալեքսանդր “Alex” Åberg. Երկրորդ ապառիկ ունեցել 40 ըմբիշներ, այդ թվում, եւ առաջիկա աստղ Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Ես առաջին անգամ կարդալ Վիլյամ Muldoon մի կենսագրության JOHN L. Sullivan, վերջին ծնեց հոդակապ ծանրորդ չեմպիոն. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. Վերջին խոշոր ծնեց հոդակապ մրցամարտը, որը կռվել է Sullivan դեմ Jake Kilrain է 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. Նա