Category: 早期職業摔角歷史

當 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. 後

» 閱讀更多

在後期 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 “農民” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. 然而, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. 路易, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. 通過 1902, 喬治·

» 閱讀更多

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,

» 閱讀更多

四月 21, 1884, 鄧肯C. 羅斯遇見松田空吉, 又名松田, 美國第一位日本職業摔跤手. 松田移民美國是為了追求成為職業摔跤手的夢想，因為當時日本還沒有這個夢想. 28-3 歲的鄧肯羅斯 (Duncan Ross) 出生於土耳其，具有蘇格蘭血統

» 閱讀更多

八月 26, 1886, 埃文 “扼殺” 劉易斯會見了英國摔跤冠軍湯姆·坎農在辛辛那提, 俄亥俄. 在合法的摔跤時代, 其他選手害怕，因為他的束縛強大劉易斯. 劉易斯採用頸動脈扼殺被譽為柔道後方裸體扼流圈. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern

» 閱讀更多

Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “亞歷克斯” 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

» 閱讀更多

上週六, 十一月 25, 1899, 聖. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 分鐘. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. 路易’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed

» 閱讀更多

威廉·馬爾登, 世界古典式摔跤冠軍和體育事業的支持者, 來到洛杉磯週二, 四月 15, 1884 面對當地摔跤手弗雷德·鮑爾. 本場比賽在洛杉磯發生在當地Turnvereine大廳. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

» 閱讀更多

國際摔跤比賽發生在五月兩個階段 19, 1915 十二月 31, 1915. 五十選手將在比賽，包括世界古典式冠軍亞歷山大·第一階段爭奪 “亞歷克斯” ABERG. 第二批有 40 摔跤手，包括和未來的明星埃德 “扼殺” 劉易斯, 一個月誰加入到十一月比賽 22, 1915. 該

» 閱讀更多

我第一次讀到威廉·馬爾登在約翰·L的傳記. 沙利文, 最後裸關節重量級冠軍. 沙利文迎來了戴手套的拳擊拒絕參加任何更多的裸關節發作. 最後一個主要的裸關節回合戰鬥由沙利文對傑克Kilrain在 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. 他是

» 閱讀更多