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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 to 1930.
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
Ar Dé Máirt, December 12, 1916, áitiúil is fearr leat, John “Tíogair Nebraska” Chuaigh Pesek i ngleic le lámhachóir eile, Al “Ollainnis” mantel, i gcluiche oibrithe. Rinne Pesek oiliúint le déanaí le wrestler eile Nebraska agus le curadh aitheanta an Domhain Joe Stecher roimh an gcluiche seo. D'fhorbair Pesek clú clúiteach as lámhach le wrestlers eile. Mar sin féin, Bhí Pesek 22 bliain d'aois suas-agus-teachtaire fós ag foghlaim wrestle, when
In the early 1880s, Sorakichi Matsuda, nó Matsada i bhformhór na nuachtán Meiriceánach, thaistil go dtí na Stáit Aontaithe chun wrestle go gairmiúil. Ní raibh ciorcad wrestling gairmiúil forbartha ag an tSeapáin, mar sin cheap Matsuda go dtabharfadh sé an spórt ar ais go dtí an tSeapáin tar éis printíseachta sna Stáit Aontaithe. Tar éis traenála ar feadh tamaill, Shínigh Matsuda comhaontú chun an chéad cheann a throid
Oscar Wasem started his career in St. Louis, Missouri under the tutelage of George Baptiste. Wasem was a good enough wrestler that Wasem defeated a young Frank Gotch in 1901. Wasem, Naomh. Louis Champion, pinned Gotch, the Iowa Champion. While Gotch went on to be America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler, Wasem remained a solid journeyman. Wasem supplemented his professional
D’aimsigh mé gearrthóg trí nóiméad ar YouTube le déanaí, lena n-áirítear dhá cheann de Jim Londos’ cluichí ó na 1930idí. Sa chéad chluiche, Déanann Londain wrestleáil ar Abe Coleman. Sa dara cluiche, Tá Londos ag dul i ngleic le cluiche stíleanna measctha le Oki Shikina, a fuair oiliúint ag Taro Miyake, an crios dubh Judo agus wrestler gairmiúil. Ba é Londain an réalta oifig na dticéad ba mhó
Ar Dé hAoine, Samhain 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. The men wrestled for a reported $1,000.00 purse. Acton usually gave up size to his opponent but Acton outweighed the 148-pound Fitzsimmons by seven pounds. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling
Ar Nollaig 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, Missouri. Four hundred fans from the surrounding area crowded into the venue to watch the match between Browning and Clarence Jenkins, a wrestler from Emporia, Kansas. Both Browning and Jenkins wrestled most of their matches in Kansas during 1923. Browning was starting a career that
Ar Samhain 18, 1938, Bhí iar-churadh wrestling an domhain Jim Londos wrestled curadh domhanda reatha Bronko Nagurski, an t-iar-imreoir peile iontach do na Chicago Bears. Throid na fir i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania do leagan Nagurski de chraobhchomórtas wrestling an domhain. Is féidir leat féachaint ar an gcluiche 14 nóiméad ina iomláine ar YouTube. Nuair a chonaic mé an cluiche don chéad uair, several
On May 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail wrestled Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail only toured the United States for six months in the early part of 1898. Ismail wrestled less than ten matches but left a path of destruction remembered to this day. Ismail made a powerful impression by easily defeating both Evan “Strangler” Lewis. Ismail also made a strong
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek wrestled two of the most famous legitimate contests of the 1920s. Pesek ended two promotional wars by agreeing to “shoot” contests with Marin Plestina and Nat Pendelton. In 1916, Pesek was an up-and-coming wrestler active in his home state of Nebraska. Ar Déardaoin, September 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and