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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 li 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. Wara
Fl-aħħar 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 “Farmer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Madankollu, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Billi 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,
Dwar April 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross iltaqa 'ma' Sorakichi Matsuda, magħruf ukoll bħala Matsada, l-ewwel wrestler professjonali Ġappuniż fl-Istati Uniti. Matsuda emigra lejn l-Istati Uniti biex isegwi l-ħolma tiegħu li jsir wrestler professjonali għax dak il-ħin ma kienx jeżisti fil-Ġappun. 28-Duncan Ross ta ’sena twieled fit-Turkija ta’ dixxendenza Skoċċiża f’Marzu
Fuq Awissu 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis iltaqa il Wrestling British Champion Tom Cannon fil Cincinnati, Ohio. Matul l-era lotta leġittimu, wrestlers oħra beżgħu l Lewis qawwija minħabba ħakma tiegħu. Lewis impjegat strangle arterjali karotide magħrufa bħala l-ċowk mikxufa wara fil Judo. Mill-inqas dan kien dak li oriġinarjament ħsibt u l-biċċa l-kbira tal-istoriċi kkwotaw. 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
Nhar is-Sibt, Novembru 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minuti. 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, l Wrestling Champion tad-Dinja Greco-Roman u proponent kultura fiżika, waslet għall Los Angeles nhar it-Tlieta, April 15, 1884 biex tiffaċċja l-wrestler lokali Fred Bauer. Il-logħba saret fil-Turnvereine Hall lokali fil-Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Il-Tournament Wrestling Internazzjonali seħħet f'żewġ fażijiet, bejn Mejju 19, 1915 u Diċembru 31, 1915. Ħamsin wrestlers tikkompetix fl-ewwel fażi tal-kampjonat inkluż World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. T-tieni pagament kellhom 40 wrestlers inklużi up u ġejjin star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Il-
I first read about William Muldoon in a biography of John L. Sullivan, the last bare knuckle heavyweight champion. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. The last major bare knuckle bout was fought by Sullivan against Jake Kilrain in 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. Huwa kien