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Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Dalam 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, November 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
Pada hari Selasa, Januari 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. Walau bagaimanapun, 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, salah seorang Afrika-Amerika terawal, ahli gusti profesional, dilahirkan Elmer Claybourn di Mexico, Missouri, pada Mac 8, 1910. Dalam 1910, Mexico adalah rumah kepada kira-kira 5,939 residents. Claybourne memulakan kerjaya gusti profesionalnya di Missouri pada tahun 1931. Pada mulanya, Claybourne bergelut di Moberly berdekatan, Missouri. Moberly mempunyai populasi 13,722 penduduk berbanding 8,290 penduduk di Mexico, Missouri
Henry Moses Dufur memegang Juara Wrestling Collar-and-Elbow Heavyweight Dunia semasa tahun 1870-an. Oleh 1855, Dufur bersara daripada gusti profesional untuk meneruskan profesion penjahit pakaian sepenuh masanya. Malah semasa kerjaya gustinya, Dufur bekerja sebagai tukang jahit. Dufur memberitahu wartawan dari The Boston Globe bahawa dia dilahirkan di Richford, Vermont pada bulan Jun 5, 1943. Tarikh ini pada
Henry Moses Dufur pakar dalam gusti kolar-dan-siku apabila Dufur bergusti secara profesional pada tahun 1870-an dan 1880-an. Dilahirkan pada bulan Mei 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur bergelut terutamanya di timur laut Amerika Syarikat. On June 27, 1878, Dufur bergusti perlawanan timbal balik dengan ahli gusti bernama Cox di Taman Besbol Boston di hadapan lima ratus peminat. Lima ratus peminat
Ahli sejarah gusti menganggap sama ada Ed "Strangler" Lewis atau Frank Gotch sebagai ahli gusti profesional Amerika yang paling hebat. Walaupun kita tahu sedikit tentang kerjaya awal Frank Gotch, kita tahu lebih sedikit tentang kerjaya awal Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Pelbagai sumber mendakwa Lewis belajar gusti catch-as-catch-can dalam karnival ketika dia baru berusia empat belas tahun. Lewis
Besides being the preferred venue for professional boxers and wrestlers to train when in St. Louis, St. Louis Business Men’s Gymnasium hosted smaller boxing and wrestling events. Dalam 1898, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Martin “Farmer” Burns wrestled Oscar Wasem in front of a small crowd at the Business Men’s Gymnasium. Burns was transitioning into training wrestlers full-time and
During the early 1930s, the most powerful promoters in professional wrestling, Jack Curley, Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Paul Bowser, and Tom Packs executed double-crosses on each other hurting the overall drawing power of their wrestlers. During the promotional war, Jack Pfefer aligned himself with Jack Curley and “Toots” Mondt, who ran out of New York City. Pada akhir 1933, Curley and