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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 qədər 1930.
Stanislaus Zbyszko Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatlarını gəzdi 1910 ilin sonunda Dünya Ağır çəkidə güləş çempionu Frank Gotch ilə titul matçına hazırlaşır. Onun turu onu St. Louis May ayında 29, 1910. Zbişkonun yüksək qiymətləndirilən yüngül ağır çəkili qrappçu Çarli Olsonla görüşü nəzərdə tutulmuşdu. Olson mahir güləşçi idi, ilə məşq edən St. Louis güləşçisi George
Cora Livinqstonun karyerasını bu yaxınlarda kəşf etdiyimi söyləməyə utanıram, 1910-1920-ci illərdə peşəkar güləşdə yerli promotor sisteminin inkişafını araşdırarkən. Mildred Burke bildiyim ilk qadın güləş çempionu idi. Lakin, Cora Livingston, Burke doğulmamışdan bir il əvvəl Dünya Çempionatını iddia etdi. Cora Livingston
Martın 10, 1870, Polkovnik Ceyms Hiram Maklaflin Detroitdə keçirilən Beynəlxalq Güləş Turnirinin son gecəsində yarışıb., Michigan. Turnir martın 10-da keçiriləcək finala qədər təxminən iki ay davam etdi. Güləş tarixçiləri tez-tez J. H. McLaughlin, peşəkar güləşçi kimi yalnız qazancı ilə yaşayan ilk peşəkar güləşçi kimi. Ən çox peşəkar güləşçilər
(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. Çərşənbə günü, Noyabr 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
Aprelin 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
Çərşənbə axşamı, Mart 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. The 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
Scottish wrestler Duncan C. Ross wrestled professionally but also took part in strength and athletic contests after arriving in the United States in the late 1870s. An all-around athlete, Ross wrestled skillfully in both catch-as-catch-can wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Bazar ertəsi, Fevral 26, 1883, Ross wrestled former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Theobaud Bauer. Bauer brought the World Championship from France
Joe Stecher made his professional wrestling debut in late 1912 or early 1913. Stecher proved to be a dangerous professional from the beginning of his career. Martin “Farmer” Burns, the storied wrestler and trainer, brought one of his proteges, Yussiff Hussane, to test Stecher in a legitimate contest during June 1913. Burns and most followers of the sport expected Hussane
Çərşənbə axşamı, Oktyabr 21, 1913, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defended his newly won American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against William Demetral. Lewis wrestled Demetral at Lexington’s Auditorium on a mat instead of a ring. The mat setup played a role in the finish of the match. Promoter Jerry Walls placed a mat on the elevated stage, a common setup before the widespread