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Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Nan 1919, John “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, Novanm 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
Nan Madi, Janvye 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. Sepandan, 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, Missouri, on March 8, 1910. Nan 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, Missouri. Moberly had a population of 13,722 residents compared to 8,290 residents in Mexico, Missouri
Henry Moses Dufur te kenbe chanpyon batay mondyal pwa lou-ak-koud pandan ane 1870 yo.. Pa 1855, Dufur te pran retrèt nan lit pwofesyonèl pou pouswiv pwofesyon aplentan li nan tayè rad. Menm pandan karyè lit li, Dufur te travay kòm yon tayè. Dufur te di korespondan nan Boston Globe ke li te fèt nan Richford, Vermont nan mwa jen 5, 1943. Dat sa a nan
Henry Moses Dufur espesyalize nan lit kolye ak koud lè Dufur te lite pwofesyonèl nan ane 1870 yo ak ane 1880 yo.. Li fèt nan mwa me 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur te lite sitou nan nòdès Etazini. On June 27, 1878, Dufur te lite yon match retounen ak yon wrèste ki te rele Cox nan Boston Baseball Park la devan senksan (500) fanatik.. Senksan fanatik
Istoryen lit konsidere swa Ed "Strangler" Lewis oswa Frank Gotch kòm pi gwo littè pwofesyonèl Ameriken an.. Pandan ke nou konnen byen yon ti jan sou karyè a byen bonè nan Frank Gotch, nou konnen anpil mwens sou karyè Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Divès sous reklame Lewis te aprann trape-tan-trape-ka lit nan kanaval yo lè li te sèlman katòz ane.. Lewis
Anplis ke yo te pidevan pi pito pou boksè pwofesyonèl ak luteur yo antrene lè yo nan St. Louis, St a. Gymnasium Louis biznis gason te òganize pi piti evènman boksè ak lit. Nan 1898, Ansyen chanpyon lit Ameriken Heavyweight Martin "Farmer" Burns lite Oscar Wasem devan yon ti foul moun nan Jimnazyòm Gason Biznis yo.. Burns te tranzisyon nan fòmasyon wrèstle a plen tan ak
Pandan kòmansman ane 1930 yo, pwomotè ki pi pwisan nan lit pwofesyonèl, Jack Curley, Joseph "Toots" Mondt, Pòl Bowser, ak Tom Packs egzekite doub-kwa youn sou lòt blese pouvwa a desen an jeneral nan wrèstle yo. Pandan lagè pwomosyonèl la, Jack Pfefer aliman tèt li ak Jack Curley ak "Toots" Mondt, ki te kouri soti nan vil Nouyòk. Nan fen 1933, Curley ak