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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 માટે 1930.
સોમવાર પર, ડિસેમ્બર 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. After initially being allies in promotion, Jim Londos broke away from Jack Curley’s group in New York. To restore peace, the parties decided on a legitimate contest or “shoot” to settle the dispute. જોસેફ "ટૂટ્સ" મોન્ડ
મંગળવારે, ડિસેમ્બર 12, 1916, local favorite, જ્હોન “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “Dutch” Mantell, in a worked match. Pesek recently trained with fellow Nebraska wrestler and recognized World Champion Joe Stecher prior to this match. Pesek developed a notorious reputation for shooting with other wrestlers. તેમ છતાં, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, ક્યારે
In the early 1880s, Sorakichi Matsuda, or Matsada in most American newspapers, traveled to the United States to wrestle professionally. Japan did not have a developed professional wrestling circuit, so Matsuda thought he would bring the sport back to Japan after an apprenticeship in the United States. After training for a while, Matsuda signed an agreement to wrestle the first
Oscar Wasem started his career in St. લૂઈસ, Missouri under the tutelage of George Baptiste. Wasem was a good enough wrestler that Wasem defeated a young Frank Gotch in 1901. Wasem, સેન્ટ. 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
I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londos’ matches from the 1930s. In the first match, Londos wrestles Abe Coleman. In the second match, Londos wrestles a mixed styles match with Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, the Judo black belt and professional wrestler. Londos was the biggest box office star
શુક્રવારે, નવેમ્બર 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, કેલિફોર્નિયા. 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
ડિસેમ્બર પર 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, મિઝોરી. 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
નવેમ્બર પર 18, 1938, former world wrestling champion Jim Londos wrestled current world champion Bronko Nagurski, the great former football player for the Chicago Bears. The men wrestled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Nagurski’s version of the world wrestling championship. You can view the 14-minute match in its entirety on YouTube. When I viewed the match for the first time, several
મેના રોજ 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
જ્હોન "ધ નેબ્રાસ્કા ટાઇગરમેન" પેસેકે 1920 ના દાયકાની બે સૌથી પ્રખ્યાત કાયદેસરની સ્પર્ધાઓમાં કુસ્તી કરી. પેસેકે મારિન પ્લેસ્ટિના અને નેટ પેન્ડેલટન સાથે "શૂટ" સ્પર્ધાઓ માટે સંમત થઈને બે પ્રમોશનલ યુદ્ધોનો અંત લાવ્યો.. માં 1916, પેસેક તેના ગૃહ રાજ્ય નેબ્રાસ્કામાં સક્રિય કુસ્તીબાજ હતો. ગુરૂવાર, સપ્ટેમ્બર 14, 1916, પેસેકે નેબ્રાસ્કાના બીજા કુસ્તીબાજ સાથે કુસ્તી કરી, ક્રિસ જોર્ડન. Fans and