Category: Early Professional Wrestling History

में 1894, मार्टिन “किसान” Burns was preparing to wrestle Evan “स्ट्रेंजलर” Lewis for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. While Burns was entering his prime, Lewis had been on top of American professional wrestling for 5 साल. Lewis also wrestled a viscous style with an emphasis on submission holds. Burns would have to be prepared for a tough contest, which could

Verona, Missouri is a small town in southwest Missouri. Never exceeding 900 residents in it’s history, only 438 or so people called Verona home in 1926. अभी तक, a professional wrestling card was held in the town on Monday, मार्च 22, 1926. Without the widespread use of automobiles or roads built to handle them, travel would be very difficult in 1926.

शुक्रवार को, फरवरी 17, 1922, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko wrestled a handicap match against Francois Lemarque and up-and-coming star Jim Londos. Londos was still a few years away from becoming the biggest box office draw in professional wrestling but he was the most popular wrestler in St. लुइस. While Londos only stood about 5’06” or 5’07”, he possessed

On Sunday, दिसंबर 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri once more proved itself to be a hotbed for professional wrestling as 8,000 fans crammed Convention Hall to watch the rematch between Frank Gotch and Fred Beell. Beell won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Gotch three weeks earlier in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gotch claimed the loss to be a fluke, while

शनिवार को, December 2nd, 1893, local Saint Louis boxing instructor and Greco-Roman wrestler Mike Mooney met Max Luttbeg at Saint Louis’ Entertainment Hall. Pre-match hype focused on Mooney never losing a wrestling match or a boxing bout. Mooney was considered a better Greco-Roman wrestler, while Luttbeg was a better catch-as-catch-can wrestler. In the 19th century, it was common for matches

जो स्टेचर बाहर शुरू कर दिया 1915, अपने कैरियर के लिए एक दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण साल, एडोल्फ अर्नस्ट पर एक जीत के साथ. अर्नस्ट इस मैच के लिए नाम ओटो बढ़ई के तहत कुश्ती लड़ी लेकिन एड सैंटेल के रूप में पेशेवर कुश्ती प्रशंसकों के लिए जाना जाता था. Santel एक शातिर होने के लिए एक से लायक प्रतिष्ठा था “hooker”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made

Wayne “Big” Munn’s a meteoric rise in professional wrestling. Debuting in 1924, Munn “won” the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Ed “स्ट्रेंजलर” Lewis in early 1925. His fall was just as quick. द्वारा 1926, Munn was retired. A college football lineman from Nebraska, Munn was recruited into professional wrestling by Billy Sandow, defacto leader of the Gold Dust Trio. The

Fred Beell was a strong, talented professional wrestler at the turn of the 20th Century. Beell gave all the best wrestlers of the day tough contests but his lack of size often hampered his ability with world class wrestlers. Although powerfully built, Beell was generously listed at 5’06”. At his heaviest, Beell never exceeded 170 पाउंड. While possessing a bodybuilder’s

When William Muldoon retired from professional wrestling in 1889, he intended for his protege, Ernst Roeber, to become the new World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Since Muldoon always defended his championship in the Greco-Roman wrestling style, his choice made sense. Roeber was arguably the best Greco-Roman wrestler in America at the time. तथापि, the wrestling fans and journalist, covering the sport,