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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 į 1930.
Pirmadienį, Gruodis 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. Joseph "Toots" Mondt
Antradienį, Gruodis 12, 1916, local favorite, Jonas “Nebraskos tigras” 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. Tačiau, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, when
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. Louis, Missouri under the tutelage of George Baptiste. Wasem was a good enough wrestler that Wasem defeated a young Frank Gotch in 1901. Wasem, St. 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
Neseniai „YouTube“ atradau trijų minučių klipą, kuriame buvo du Jimas Londosas’ 1930-ųjų degtukų. Pirmose rungtynėse, Londonas kovoja su Abe Coleman. Antrose rungtynėse, Londonas kovoja mišrių stilių rungtyje su Oki Shikina, kurį treniravo Taro Miyake, dziudo juodasis diržas ir profesionalus imtynininkas. Londonas buvo didžiausia kasų žvaigždė
Penktadienį, Lapkritis 27, 1891, Buvęs Amerikos sunkiasvorių imtynių čempionas Joe Actonas San Franciske kovojo su būsimu pasaulio sunkiasvorių bokso čempionu Bobu Fitzsimmonsu, Kalifornija. Vyrai grūmėsi dėl pranešimo $1,000.00 purse. Actonas paprastai atsisakydavo savo oponento dydžio, bet Actonas septyniais svarais nusvėrė 148 svarus Fitzsimmons. Vyrai kovojo du iš trijų kritimų rungtyje pagal imtynes „pagauk kaip pagauk“
Gruodžio 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, Misūris. 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
Lapkričio 18, 1938, buvęs pasaulio imtynių čempionas Jimas Londosas kovojo su dabartiniu pasaulio čempionu Bronko Nagurskiu, puikus buvęs Čikagos „Bears“ futbolininkas. Vyrai kovojo Filadelfijoje, Pensilvanija, skirta Nagurskio pasaulio imtynių čempionato versijai. Visas 14 minučių rungtynes galite peržiūrėti „YouTube“.. Kai pirmą kartą žiūrėjau rungtynes, several
Gegužės 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail wrestled Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohajas. 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. Į 1916, Pesek was an up-and-coming wrestler active in his home state of Nebraska. On Thursday, Rugsėjis 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and