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Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Fil 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, Novembru 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
Nhar it-Tlieta, Jannar 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. Madankollu, 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, dwar Marzu 8, 1910. Fil 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 kellu ċ-Champion Dinji tal-Lotta tal-Għonq u l-Minkeb tal-piż tqil matul is-snin 70. Billi 1855, Dufur irtira mil-lotta professjonali biex iwettaq il-professjoni full-time tiegħu ta’ ħajjata tal-ħwejjeġ. Anke matul il-karriera tiegħu fil-lotta, Dufur ħadem bħala ħajjata. Dufur qal lill-korrispondent minn The Boston Globe li twieled Richford, Vermont f'Ġunju 5, 1943. Din id-data ta'
Henry Moses Dufur speċjalizza fil-lotta tal-għonq u l-minkeb meta Dufur ilella professjonalment fis-snin 70 u 80.. Imwieled f'Mejju 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur ġġieled primarjament fil-Grigal tal-Istati Uniti. Dwar Ġunju 27, 1878, Dufur ġġieled partita tar-ritorn ma’ wrestler jismu Cox fil-Boston Baseball Park quddiem ħames mitt partitarju. Ħames mitt partitarju
L-istoriċi tal-lotta jqisu jew lil Ed "Strangler" Lewis jew lil Frank Gotch bħala l-akbar wrestler professjonali Amerikan.. Filwaqt li nafu pjuttost ftit dwar il-karriera bikrija ta’ Frank Gotch, nafu ħafna inqas dwar il-karriera bikrija ta 'Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Diversi sorsi jsostnu li Lewis tgħallem il-lotta catch-as-catch-can fil-karnivals meta kellu biss erbatax-il sena.. Lewis
Minbarra li huwa l-post preferut għal boxers u wrestlers professjonali biex jitħarrġu meta jkunu f’St. Louis, San. Louis Business Men's Gymnasium ospita avvenimenti iżgħar tal-boxing u tal-lotta. Fil 1898, l-eks Champion Amerikan tal-Lotta tal-Piż Tqil Martin "Farmer" Burns ġġieled lil Oscar Wasem quddiem folla żgħira fil-Business Men's Gymnasium. Burns kien qed isir transizzjoni għal wrestlers taħriġ full-time u
Matul il-bidu tas-snin tletin, l-aktar promoturi qawwija fil-lotta professjonali, Jack Curley, Joseph "Toots" Mondt, Paul Bowser, u Tom Packs esegwiti double-crosses fuq xulxin li jweġġgħu l-qawwa ġenerali tal-ġbid tal-wrestlers tagħhom. Matul il-gwerra promozzjonali, Jack Pfefer allinja ruħu ma 'Jack Curley u "Toots" Mondt, li spiċċaw minn New York City. Fl-aħħar 1933, Curley u