Category: Historia temprana de la lucha libre profesional

William Hayes Shaw, who wrestled as Pat O’Shocker through most of his wrestling career, found himself in the spotlight in 1933. O’Shocker wasn’t looking for this sort of fame though. Newspapers were carrying a story about how wrestling promoters tried to use O’Shocker in a planned double-cross. Joseph “Toots” Mondt booked wrestlers out of New York and was aligned with

In 1933, about 10 years into his wrestling career, Jim Browning would win the world title. Starting his career in Kansas and his home state of Missouri, Browning would have to leave these familiar grounds, if he intended to reach the highest pinnacle in professional wrestling. Because World Champions had to tour nationally, and often internationally, the world title was

James Hiram McLaughlin holds the distinction of being the first American professional wrestler. While people wrestled professionally before McLaughlin, he was the first to earn a professional living from wrestling. McLaughlin began wrestling professionally in 1860 en 16 years of age but the Civil War interrupted his career for a few years. McLaughlin began wrestling again in 1866. Por 1877,

In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilou began wrestling as Jim Londos after several years as the gimmicky “Wrestling Plasterer”. Londos probably didn’t realize that the name change would be the first step into him becoming the biggest box office attraction in 1930s professional wrestling. The second step was his emergence as a main event wrestler in St. Louis. Born in

En julio 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “Agricultor” Bailey in March 1922 to qualify for the match with Lewis. 31-year-old Eustace was the same age as “Strangler” Lewis but Lewis was far more experienced. Debuting at 14 years of age,

Desde su aparición como deporte de espectadores en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, Los promotores y luchadores estaban bajo una nube de sospechas de que estaban trabajando en sus combates.. Mientras que la lucha libre profesional eventualmente consistiría casi exclusivamente en exhibiciones escenificadas, muchos, si no la mayoría, de los partidos fueron competencia legítima antes de 1915. Los promotores y luchadores hicieron grandes

In early 1915, Sam Rachmann promovió el Torneo Internacional de Lucha Libre de Nueva York con la intención de reemplazar al campeón mundial de lucha libre retirado Frank Gotch.. Rachmann creía que nadie podría derrotar a Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, El sucesor elegido por Rachmann de Gotch, en la lucha grecorromana. El desafío de Rachmann fue atrapar como atrapar lata era el estilo de lucha dominante en Estados Unidos.. Para sortear este desafío, Rachmann contrató internacional

In 1922, El futuro campeón mundial de lucha libre Jim Browning comenzó su carrera en Kansas.. Browning se mudó de su ciudad natal de Verona, Missouri in 1921 entrenar para una carrera de lucha libre profesional. Tom Law, la Wichita, Promotor de Kansas, supervisó la formación de Browning. By May 1923, Browning ya estaba en el evento principal en espectáculos más pequeños.. En un Augusta, Tarjeta de Kansas, Browning luchó

En marzo de 3, 1922, Ed “Strangler” Lewis recuperó el Campeonato Mundial de lucha libre de peso pesado de Stanislaus Zbyszko. Este evento marcó el comienzo de una de las combinadas de lucha libre profesional más dominantes de la historia.. Gerente Billy Sandow, Campeón del mundo Ed “Strangler” Lewis y su compañero de entrenamiento / genio promocional Joseph “Toots” Mondt, known as the “Trío de polvo de oro”, dominated the sport for the next six

In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow convenció al promotor de Georgia Tom Law para que se mudara a Wichita, Kansas y desarrollar el área para futuros espectáculos de lucha libre.. El Medio Oeste de Estados Unidos sería un importante generador de ingresos para el Gold Dust Trio, que Sandow lideró con el Campeón del Mundo Ed “Strangler” Lewis y el genio promocional Joseph “Toots” Mondt, en la década de 1920. La ley produciría dos