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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 ut 1930.
Dan McLeod defeated Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship during October 1897. McLeod held the championship for four years until he met Frank Gotch’s toughest opponent, Tom Jenkins. In early 1899, McLeod made a couple title defenses in Minnesota. On February 24, 1899, McLeod wrestled St. Louis Middleweight Wrestling Champion George Baptiste at Conover Hall in front
Professional wrestling evolved into an athletic exhibition from legitimate contests for two reasons. I have written extensively about the first reason. Legitimate contests between equally skilled wrestlers were often long, boring affairs with little action. These contests turned off fans and prevented professional wrestling exploding as a spectator sport. I have not written as much about the second reason. In
Feria, Itinera 26, 1888, Joe Acton, quae propria in captura colluctatio, luctatus est Professor William Miller, in Australia luctatorem, et nudum talorum prizefighter, in duobus ex tribus cadit Greco-Romana certamina. Utriusque castra crediderunt luctando certamine hoc stilo pulcherrimum inter eos certamen constituisse. Viri luctabantur for $500.00 a parte. 1,500 fans, turba enim era, turned
Prior to wrestling in Kentucky in the early 1910s, wrestling fans knew Ed “Strangler” Lewis as Bob Fredrichs. Born Robert Friedrich in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis made his professional wrestling debut in 1905, while still only 14 annorum. Kentucky promoters thought Bob Fredrichs too plain, so Lewis chose his new name as an homage to fellow Wisconsin native and original
In fere 70 annorum aetatis,, Stanislaus Zbyszko fecit pelliculam suam in nocte et urbe (1950). Occisus Gregorious, luctator emeritus et pater palaestrae luctandi Londinensis, Zbyszko colluctationem suam ostendit solers, etiam aetate, in cinematographico cinematographico. In elit incipit cum Harrius Fabianus hominem persequimur, London hustler semper aspiciens
May 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins luctaretur gigas Nouralah Assen in New York City. Born in Bulgaria during 1870, Hassan stood six feet, eight inches tall and weighed 331 pondo. While Jenkins possessed superior wrestling skill, fans and reporters expected Hassan’s immense size to present problems for Jenkins. Promoters booked the men to wrestle at Madison Square Garden in
Die Veneris, June 29, 1883, fourteen wrestlers paid $50 to enter a two-day tournament for a $500 championship belt and $500 prize. Richard K. Fox, owner and publisher of the Police Gazette, put up the prize money and belt. Fox avidly supported the promotion of both professional boxing and professional wrestling. While fourteen men attempted to enter the tournament, Fox
On August 4, 1939, Mort Henderson passed away in Rochester, New York at 60 annorum aetatis,. Wrestling fans likely did not remember the name Mort Henderson but as his alter ego, the original Masked Marvel, he saved the fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament with the goal of
Cum Wladek Zbyszko ex Civitatibus Foederatis Americae ad Brasiliam iter fecit propter quaestuosam peregrinationem in Brasilia bene evoluta in ambitu professionali luctandi., Zbyszko parum suspicatus est primo certamine luctaturum fere per viginti annos. Sicut in American counterparts, Brasiliensium professionales palaestris laboraverunt inter se ad induendum excitando spectacula ad fans. Brasiliensium professionales aliquando luctatores luctantur a
Octobris 26, 1897, Martin "Farmer" Ardens defendit Americanum Heavyweight palaestrae VINDICIAE contra Scotos luctatorem capturam Dan McLeod.. Combustiones et McLeod erant duo e summo tres vel quattuor luctatores in Civitatibus Foederatis eo tempore luctatores capere ut-capere possunt.. 1,200 in Indianapolis comitatus congressus in Magni Operis Domo, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy