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Publicaciones sobre la lucha libre profesional en el siglo XIX y principios del XX.
In 1919, Juan “The Nebraska Tigerman” 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” Lewis, 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, Noviembre 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
El martes, Enero 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
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Sin embargo, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. 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, Misuri, on March 8, 1910. In 1910, Mexico was home to about 5,939 residents. Claybourne started his professional wrestling career in Missouri in 1931. Inicialmente, Claybourne wrestled in nearby Moberly, Misuri. Moberly had a population of 13,722 residents compared to 8,290 residents in Mexico, Misuri
Henry Moses Dufur held the World Heavyweight Collar-and-Elbow Wrestling Champion during the 1870s. Por 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, en Richmond, Vermont, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. En junio 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. Lewis
Además de ser el lugar preferido para que los boxeadores y luchadores profesionales entrenen cuando están en St.. Louis, el St. El Louis Business Men's Gymnasium organizó eventos más pequeños de boxeo y lucha libre. In 1898, El ex campeón estadounidense de lucha libre de peso pesado Martin “Farmer” Burns luchó contra Oscar Wasem frente a una pequeña multitud en el Business Men's Gymnasium.. Burns estaba haciendo la transición a entrenar luchadores a tiempo completo y
Durante principios de la década de 1930, los promotores más poderosos de la lucha libre profesional, Jack Curley, José “Toots” Mondt, Pablo Bowser, y Tom Packs se traicionaron entre sí perjudicando el poder de atracción general de sus luchadores.. Durante la guerra promocional, Jack Pfefer se alineó con Jack Curley y “Toots” Mondt, que salió corriendo de la ciudad de Nueva York. A finales 1933, Curley y