格鬥運動史學家和武術家
Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 至 1930.
Stanislaus Zbyszko toured the United States in 1910 in preparation for a title match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in the year. His tour brought him to St. Louis on May 29, 1910. Zbyszko was scheduled to meet highly regarded light heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson was a skilled wrestler, who trained with St. Louis wrestler 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. 然而, Cora Livingston claimed the World Championship a year before Burke was even born. 科拉利文斯頓
三月 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed on the last night of the International Wrestling Tournament in Detroit, 密歇根. The tournament ran for almost two months before the finale on March 10th. Wrestling historians frequently credit J. ħ. 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. 週三, 十一月 17, 1897, Tom Jenkins wrestled former title holder Martin “Farmer” Burns in Indianapolis, 印第安納州. The men wrestled a best two-out-of-three-falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling rules. Jenkins stood
四月 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
週二, 三月 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. 在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 (黑色的). 雕刻師
蘇格蘭摔跤手鄧肯 C. 羅斯從事職業摔跤，但在 1870 年代後期抵達美國後也參加了力量和運動比賽. 全能運動員, 羅斯在接球式摔跤和古典式摔跤中都技藝精湛. 週一, 二月 26, 1883, 羅斯與前世界重量級摔跤冠軍西奧博鮑爾摔跤. 鮑爾從法國帶來了世界冠軍
Joe Stecher 在晚些時候首次亮相職業摔跤 1912 或早 1913. Stecher 從他的職業生涯開始就被證明是一個危險的專業人士. 馬丁“農夫”伯恩斯, 傳說中的摔跤手和教練, 帶來了他的一個門徒, 尤西夫·侯賽因, 在 6 月的合法比賽中測試 Stecher 1913. 伯恩斯和這項運動的大多數追隨者都期待胡桑
週二, 十月 21, 1913, 埃德“扼殺者”劉易斯捍衛了他新贏得的美國重量級摔跤冠軍，對陣威廉德梅特拉. 劉易斯在列剋星敦的禮堂用墊子而不是戒指與德米特拉搏鬥. 墊子設置在比賽結束時發揮了作用. 發起人傑里沃爾斯在高架舞台上放了一個墊子, 普遍之前的共同設置