Category: Tidlig professionel brydningshistorie

During the early 1920s, Tex Rickard declared war on his former boxing promotional partner, Jack Curley. 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

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

One of the legendary tales about Joe Stecher concerns a legitimate contest he had with one of Martin “Farmer” Burns wrestlers, when Stecher was barely out of high school. Burns heard about Stecher’s growing reputation and decided to test him with one of his wrestlers. I årevis, I thought Stecher defeated Yusif Mahmout but he actually wrestled Yussif Hussane. Den

offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af ​​kampen som verdensmester. offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af ​​kampen som verdensmester 19, 1881. offentligheden anerkendte ikke vinderen af ​​kampen som verdensmester. William Muldoon var verdensmester i sværvægt baseret på hans nederlag af Thiebaud Bauer i 1880. William Muldoon var verdensmester i sværvægt baseret på hans nederlag af Thiebaud Bauer i

In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis. 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

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