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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 la 1930.
Luni, Decembrie 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
Marți, Decembrie 12, 1916, local favorite, Ioan “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. Totuși, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, când
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
Am descoperit recent un clip de trei minute pe YouTube, care includea doi dintre Jim Londos’ meciuri din anii 1930. În primul meci, Londra se luptă cu Abe Coleman. În al doilea meci, Londos luptă într-un meci de stiluri mixte cu Oki Shikina, care a fost antrenat de Taro Miyake, centura neagră de judo și luptătorul profesionist. Londra a fost cea mai mare vedetă de box office
Vineri, Noiembrie 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
Decembrie 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
Noiembrie 18, 1938, fostul campion mondial la lupte Jim Londos l-a luptat pe actualul campion mondial Bronko Nagurski, marele fost jucător de fotbal pentru Chicago Bears. Bărbații s-au luptat în Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pentru versiunea lui Nagurski a campionatului mondial de lupte. Puteți vedea meciul de 14 minute în întregime pe YouTube. Când am văzut meciul pentru prima dată, several
La data de 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. În 1916, Pesek was an up-and-coming wrestler active in his home state of Nebraska. Joi, Septembrie 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and