Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Σε 1919, Γιάννης “Ο Τίγκερμαν της Νεμπράσκα” Pesek found himself in the same position as Marin Plestina. The dominant wrestling trust would not give Pesek a match with one of the “Big Four” – Earl Caddock, Joe Stecher, Ed “Strangler” Λουδοβίκος, and Wladek Zbyszko. Unable to secure a match with Stecher, Pesek wrestled Jim Londos in Omaha, Nebraska on October 10,
On Thanksgiving in America, Thursday, Νοέμβριος 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout wrestled former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mahmout recently to the United States to wrestle Frank Gotch for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. If Mahmout defeated Jenkins, Mahmout would prove to be a bona fide challenger to Gotch. Jenkins was the
Την Τρίτη, Ιανουάριος 29, 1884, approximately two thousand fans crowded into the Detroit Opera House to watch the first of a two-match series between Colonel James H. McLaughlin and Henry Moses Dufur. The crowd had to delight the organizers and wrestlers. Matches drawing crowds in the thousands were rare during the 19th Century. Organizers claimed McLaughlin was defending the American
Ο Τζιμ Λόντος ανέβηκε στις βαθμίδες της επαγγελματικής πάλης για να γίνει ο μεγαλύτερος σταρ του box office όχι μόνο της δεκαετίας του 1930 αλλά όλων των εποχών. Ωστόσο, αν δεν είχε έρθει το Λονδίνο στο St. Louis στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 1920, η ιστορία θα μπορούσε να ήταν πολύ διαφορετική. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Jack Claybourne, one of the earliest African-American, professional wrestlers, was born Elmer Claybourn at Mexico, Μιζούρι, on March 8, 1910. Σε 1910, Mexico was home to about 5,939 residents. Claybourne started his professional wrestling career in Missouri in 1931. Initially, Claybourne wrestled in nearby Moberly, Μιζούρι. Moberly had a population of 13,722 residents compared to 8,290 residents in Mexico, Μιζούρι
Henry Moses Dufur held the World Heavyweight Collar-and-Elbow Wrestling Champion during the 1870s. Με 1855, Dufur retired from professional wrestling to pursue his full-time profession of clothing tailor. Even during his wrestling career, Dufur worked as a tailor. Dufur told the correspondent from The Boston Globe that he was born in Richford, Vermont on June 5, 1943. This date of
Henry Moses Dufur specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling when Dufur wrestled professionally in the 1870s and 1880s. Born on May 5, 1844, σε Ρίτσμοντ, Vermont, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. On June 27, 1878, Dufur wrestled a return match with a wrestler named Cox at the Boston Baseball Park in front of five hundred fans. Five hundred fans
Wrestling historians consider either Ed “Strangler” Lewis or Frank Gotch to be the greatest American professional wrestler. While we know quite a bit about the early career of Frank Gotch, we know much less about the early career of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Various sources claim Lewis learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling in the carnivals when he was only fourteen years old. Λουδοβίκος
Εκτός από το ότι είναι ο προτιμώμενος χώρος για επαγγελματίες πυγμάχους και παλαιστές να προπονούνται όταν βρίσκονται στο St. Louis, το St. Το Louis Business Men's Gymnasium φιλοξένησε μικρότερες εκδηλώσεις πυγμαχίας και πάλης. Σε 1898, Ο πρώην Αμερικανός πρωταθλητής πάλης βαρέων βαρών, Μάρτιν "Φάρμερ" Μπερνς πάλεψε με τον Όσκαρ Ουάσεμ μπροστά σε ένα μικρό πλήθος στο Business Men's Gymnasium. Ο Μπερνς μεταβαλλόταν στην εκπαίδευση παλαιστών πλήρους απασχόλησης και
Στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 1930, οι πιο ισχυροί υποστηρικτές στην επαγγελματική πάλη, Τζακ Κέρλι, Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Paul Bowser, και ο Τομ Πακς εκτέλεσαν διπλούς σταυρούς ο ένας πάνω στον άλλο βλάπτοντας τη συνολική δύναμη έλξης των παλαιστών τους. Κατά τη διάρκεια του προωθητικού πολέμου, Ο Jack Pfefer ευθυγραμμίστηκε με τον Jack Curley και τον "Toots" Mondt, που έφυγε τρέχοντας από τη Νέα Υόρκη. In late 1933, Κέρλι και