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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 ut 1930.
Feria, December 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. Iosephus "Toots" Mondt
Die martis, December 12, 1916, local favorite, John “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. Autem, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, cum
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. Ludovicus, Missouri under the tutelage of George Baptiste. Wasem was a good enough wrestler that Wasem defeated a young Frank Gotch in 1901. Wasem, in S.. 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
Nuper inventa tres minute clip in YouTube, quae inclusa sunt duo ex Jim London’ aequet ab 1930s. In prima par, Londos luctatur Abe Coleman. In secundo par, Luctatur Londos mixta genera cum Oki Shikina congruit, instructus a Taro Miyake, Judo nigrum balteum et luctatorem professio. Londos maximus erat stella archa officium
Die Veneris, November 27, 1891, pristinus American Heavyweight luctando Champion Joe Acton luctatus in posterum Mundus Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. Viri luctaretur in nuntiata $1,000.00 purse. Acton magnitudinem adversario suo plerumque reddidit, sed Acton praeponderat CXLVIII libra Fitzsimmons septem libras. Viri luctaverunt duo-of-tres casus pares secundum capere, ut capere potest luctando
In December 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
Novembres 18, 1938, luctator mundi pristinus athleta Jim Londos luctabatur current mundi propugnator Bronko Nagurski, magnus pristinus eu ludio ludius ad Chicago Arctos. viri luctaverunt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pro Nagurski versione certaminis mundi patrocinium. XIV-minute par totum in YouTube videre potes. Quando par primum, several
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. Die Jovis, September 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and