Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 līdz 1930.
Pirmdien, Decembris 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. Džozefs “Toots” Monds
Otrdien, Decembris 12, 1916, local favorite, John “Nebraskas tīģeris” 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. Tomēr, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, kad
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
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
Piektdien, Novembris 27, 1891, Bijušais amerikāņu čempions smagajā svarā Džo Aktons Sanfrancisko cīnījās ar nākamo pasaules čempionu boksā smagajā svarā Bobu Fitsimonsu, Kalifornija. Vīrieši cīnījās par ziņojumu $1,000.00 purse. Aktons parasti atdeva izmēru savam pretiniekam, bet Aktons par septiņām mārciņām atsvēra 148 mārciņas smago Fitzsimmons. Vīrieši cīnījās divi no trim kritieniem saskaņā ar cīkstēšanās metodi “ķer kā noķer-var”
Decembrī 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
Novembrī 18, 1938, bijušais pasaules čempions cīņā Džims Londoss cīnījās ar pašreizējo pasaules čempionu Bronko Nagurski, izcilais bijušais Čikāgas Bears futbolists. Vīrieši cīnījās Filadelfijā, Pensilvānija par Nagurska pasaules cīņas čempionāta versiju. 14 minūšu maču kopumā varat skatīt vietnē YouTube. Kad maču skatījos pirmo reizi, several
Gada maijā 5, 1898, Jusufs Ismails cīnījās ar Tomu Dženkinsu Klīvlendā, Ohio. Ismails tikai sešus mēnešus devās turnejā pa ASV 1898. Ismails cīnījās mazāk nekā desmit mačos, bet atstāja iznīcināšanas ceļu, kas atceras līdz šai dienai. Ismail atstāja spēcīgu iespaidu, viegli uzveicot abus Evanu “Strangler” Lūisus. Ismail arī veica spēcīgu
Džons “Nebraskas tīģeris” Peseks cīnījās divās no slavenākajām 20. gadu leģitīmajām sacensībām.. Peseks pabeidza divus reklāmas karus, piekrītot “šaušanai” ar Marinu Plestīnu un Natu Pendeltonu. Uz 1916, Peseks bija populārs cīkstonis, kas aktīvi darbojās savā dzimtajā Nebraskas štatā. Ceturtdien, September 14, 1916, Peseks cīnījās ar citu Nebraskas cīkstoni, Kriss Džordans. Fani un