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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 į 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. Po
In late 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 “Ūkininkas” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Tačiau, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Pagal 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,
Balandžio 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
Rugpjūčio 26, 1886, Evanas “Strangler” Lewisas susitiko su britų imtynių čempionas Tomas patranka Cincinnati, Ohajas. Per teisėtą imtynių eros, kiti kovotojai bijojo galingą Lewis, nes jo Stranglehold. Lewisas dirbo miego arterijų pasmaugti žinomas kaip galinio plika droselį į dziudo. 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” Aberg. 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
Šeštadienį, Lapkritis 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 protokolas. 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 Muldoonas, Pasaulio graikų-romėnų imtynių čempionas ir kūno kultūros šalininkas, atvyko į Los Andžele antradienį, Balandis 15, 1884 susiduria su vietos imtynininkas Fredas Bauer. Rungtynės įvyko vietos Turnvereine salėje Los Andžele. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Tarptautinės imtynių turnyras vyko dviem etapais: nuo gegužės 19, 1915 iki gruodžio 31, 1915. Penkiasdešimt kovotojai galėtų konkuruoti pirmojo etapo turnyro įskaitant Pasaulio graikų-romėnų čempionas Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Antroji įmoka turėjo 40 kovotojai, įskaitant ir ateinančiais Žvaigždžių k “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Aš pirmą kartą perskaičiau apie William Muldoon į Jono L biografijos. Sullivan, paskutinis plikas krumplių sunkiasvoris čempionas. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. Paskutinis svarbus plikas krumplių bijau buvo kovojama Sullivan prieš Jake Kilrain į 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. Jis buvo