Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 te 1930.
Stanislaus Zbyszko het in die Verenigde State getoer 1910 ter voorbereiding vir 'n titelwedstryd met die Wêreld-swaargewigstoeikampioen Frank Gotch later in die jaar. Sy toer het hom na St. Louis op Mei 29, 1910. Zbyszko was geskeduleer om hoogaangeskrewe ligte swaargewig worsteler Charley Olson te ontmoet. Olson was 'n bekwame stoeier, wat saam met St. Louis-stoeier George
I am ashamed to say I recently discovered the career of Cora Livingston, while researching the development of the local promotor system in professional wrestling during the 1910s and 1920s. Mildred Burke was the first major woman’s wrestling champion of which I was aware. Egter, Cora Livingston claimed the World Championship a year before Burke was even born. Cora Livingston
Op Maart 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed on the last night of the International Wrestling Tournament in Detroit, Michigan. The tournament ran for almost two months before the finale on March 10th. Wrestling historians frequently credit J. H. McLaughlin as being the first professional wrestler to live only on his earnings as a professional wrestler. Most professional wrestlers
(This excerpt is from my newest book on the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.) Jenkins proved himself the top contender as soon as McLeod won the title. Op Woensdag, November 17, 1897, Tom Jenkins wrestled former title holder Martin “Farmer” Burns in Indianapolis, Indiana. The men wrestled a best two-out-of-three-falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling rules. Jenkins stood
Op April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff at the Hippodrome in New York City. Promoters once again called on Lewis to settle a promotional conflict. The opposing group selected Lee Wykoff, a 36-year-old shooter from Kansas. Wykoff stood six feet, one inches tall and weighed two hundred eighteen pounds. The 44-year-old Lewis
Op Dinsdag, Maart 28, 1899, current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Dan S. McLeod wrestled Charles Wittmer in a two-out-of-three-falls mixed styles match. Since the champion only defended the title in catch-as-catch-can matches, McLeod wrestled Wittmer in a non-title match. Wittmer, a Greco-Roman wrestling specialist, demanded he and McLeod wrestle at least one fall under Greco-Roman rules. Die St. Paul Athletic
If wrestling fans know of Anton “Tony” Stecher, it is as the long-time promoter of professional wrestling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stecher started promoting professional wrestling in the Twin Cities during 1933. Stecher built the Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club into a powerful local wrestling promotion. Stecher was also one of the early members of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Stecher
Die Skotse stoeier Duncan C. Ross het professioneel gestoei, maar het ook aan krag- en atletiekwedstryde deelgeneem nadat hy in die laat 1870's in die Verenigde State aangekom het.. 'n All-round atleet, Ross het vaardig gestoei in beide vang-as-vang-kan-stoei en Grieks-Romeinse stoei. Op Maandag, Februarie 26, 1883, Ross het die voormalige Wêreld-swaargewigstoeikampioen, Theobaud Bauer, gestoei. Bauer het die Wêreldkampioenskap van Frankryk af gebring
Joe Stecher het laat sy professionele stoeidebuut gemaak 1912 of vroeg 1913. Stecher het van die begin van sy loopbaan as 'n gevaarlike professionele persoon bewys. Martin “Boer” Burns, die groot stoeier en afrigter, een van sy beskermers gebring, Yussiff Hussane, om Stecher gedurende Junie in 'n wettige wedstryd te toets 1913. Burns en die meeste volgelinge van die sport het Hussane verwag
Op Dinsdag, Oktober 21, 1913, Ed “Strangler” Lewis het sy nuut gewen Amerikaanse swaargewig stoeikampioenskap teen William Demetral verdedig. Lewis het Demetral by Lexington se ouditorium op 'n mat in plaas van 'n ring gestoei. Die matte-opstelling het 'n rol gespeel in die afronding van die wedstryd. Promotor Jerry Walls het 'n mat op die verhoogde verhoog geplaas, 'n algemene opstelling voor die wydverspreide