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During the early 1920s, Tex Rickard declared war on his former boxing promotional partner, Джэк Керлі. Curley promoted professional wrestling in New York City. He also organized promoters in large cities such as Boston and St. Louis into a wrestling trust. The trust controlled the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The trust froze out any wrestler, who refused to go along

У 1897, Dan McLeod beat Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. After the defeat, Burns wrestled part-time as he transitioned into his primary role of wrestling trainer. Over the next 30 гадоў, Burns trained most of the legitimate catch wrestlers in the United States. Burns began touring in 1899, where he would both wrestle an opponent in

This week’s post is a confession of sorts. На працягу многіх гадоў, I have written that Frank Gotch was the only wrestler to defeat Stanislaus Zbyszko during his initial tour of America between 1909 і 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Volume 1: 1875 для 1939; The Battle for New York – Works, Shootes and Double Crosses (affiliate link) па

Адна з легендарных апавяданняў пра Джо Стэчэра тычыцца законнага спаборніцтва, які ён меў з адным з Марцінаў “Фермер” Бернс змагары, калі Стехер ледзь скончыў сярэднюю школу. Бёрнс пачуў аб расце рэпутацыі Стечера і вырашыў праверыць яго з адным са сваіх змагароў. На працягу многіх гадоў, Я думаў, што Штэхер перамог Юсіфа Махмута, але насамрэч ён змагаўся з Юсіфам Хусане. The

Edwin Bibby and Duncan C. Ross established the first recognized professional wrestling championship in the United States on January 19, 1881. The men wrestled catch-as-catch-can style for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. William Muldoon was the World Heavyweight Champion based on his defeat of Thiebaud Bauer in 1880. Andre Christol brought the World Title to the United States in the

In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “Душыцель” Люіс. Stecher and Lewis would emerge as the two best legitimate professional wrestler of the 1910s. Either man could beat every other wrestler at the time in a legitimate contest or “shoot”. The men wrestled three long, boring contests

Prior to the creation of the territorial system in 1948, pro wrestling promoters fought with each other to control the world championship. Promoting the world champion led to bigger gates, so most promoters wanted to control the championship. In the 1930s, promoters would enter into agreements with each other but they were often fleeting. When one promoter got offended, thought

У 1899, Марцін “Фермер” Бернс пераходзіў у ролю змагара па сумяшчальніцтве і штатнага трэнера. Адным з самых вядомых яго вучняў быў бы Фрэнк Готч, які Бэрнс перамог праз тыдзень пасля гэтага матчу. Апёк быў 38 гадоў і два гады таму прайграў чэмпіёнства ЗША па барацьбе ў цяжкай вазе. Бёрнс змяшаў абедзве ролі ў вельмі напружаны снежаньскі вечар