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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 do 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. The
W poniedziałek, Marzec 26, 1888, Joe Acton, który specjalizował się w catchwrestlingu, walczył z profesorem Williamem Millerem, australijski zapaśnik, i wojownik na gołe pięści, w grecko-rzymskim meczu zapaśniczym typu dwa z trzech upadków. Obydwa obozy mężczyzn wierzyły, że zapasy w tym stylu zapewnią im najuczciwszą walkę. Mężczyźni walczyli o $500.00 na bok. 1,500 fans, duży tłum jak na tamte czasy, 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 lat. Kentucky promoters thought Bob Fredrichs too plain, so Lewis chose his new name as an homage to fellow Wisconsin native and original
At nearly 70 lat, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking
May 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins walczył w Nowym Jorku z gigantem Nouralahem Hassanem. Born in Bulgaria during 1870, Hassan stood six feet, eight inches tall and weighed 331 funtów. 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
Piątek, Czerwiec 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
Na sierpień 4, 1939, Mort Henderson passed away in Rochester, New York at 60 lat. 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
Kiedy Władek Zbyszko podróżował ze Stanów Zjednoczonych do Brazylii na lukratywną trasę po dobrze rozwiniętym brazylijskim torze wrestlingowym, Zbyszko mało podejrzewał, że zmierzy się w swoich pierwszych zawodach od prawie dwudziestu lat. Podobnie jak ich amerykańscy odpowiednicy, Brazylijscy zawodowi zapaśnicy pracowali ze sobą, aby zorganizować ekscytujące wystawy dla fanów. Brazylijscy zawodowi zapaśnicy czasami zmagali się z a
Październik 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Scottish catch wrestler Dan McLeod. Burns and McLeod were two of the top three or four catch-as-catch-can wrestlers in the United States at the time. 1,200 fans attended the match held at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy