Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
Publicaciones sobre la lucha libre profesional en el siglo XIX y principios del XX.
Durante los últimos veinte años, Los conservacionistas han encontrado varias películas de lucha libre desde la década de 1920 hasta la de 1950 que se suponían perdidas.. Los fanáticos pueden ver la mayoría de las películas recién descubiertas en YouTube.. Una de las películas supervivientes dura dieciocho minutos de una hora., Partido de veinte minutos desde Philadelphia, Pensilvania en 1930. Jim Londos luchó contra Dick Shikat (enlace de video) for a
El jueves, Abril 10, 1884, America’s first full-time professional wrestler, J.H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. The men wrestled a three-out-of-five falls mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled two falls under collar-and-elbow rules. Ross favored side hold rules. The men wrestled two falls by securing side
El sábado, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Recién salido de su primera gira por Estados Unidos., luchó contra Great Gama en el Shepherd's Bush Stadium de Londres, Inglaterra. 7,000 Los espectadores se agolparon en el estadio para ver el partido.. Unas semanas antes, Sr.. Benjamin trajo un grupo de luchadores Pehlwani de la India para luchar en Inglaterra.. Fans consider the Great Gama
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
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
Ed, campeón mundial de lucha libre de peso pesado “Strangler” Lewis was scheduled to meet former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko at the St. Louis Coliseum el jueves, Diciembre 14, 1922 but the match was almost called off due to disagreements over the selection of a referee. It was only after the intercession of St. Louis promoter John Contos that both men agreed to St. Louis
El lunes, Diciembre 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. Después de ser inicialmente aliados en la promoción, Jim Londos se separó del grupo de Jack Curley en Nueva York. Para restaurar la paz, las partes decidieron un concurso legítimo o "disparar" para resolver la disputa. José “Toots” Mondt
El martes, Diciembre 12, 1916, local favorite, Juan “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “Dutch” Mantell, in a worked match. Pesek recently trained with fellow Nebraska wrestler and recognized World Champion Joe Stecher prior to this match. Pesek developed a notorious reputation for shooting with other wrestlers. Sin embargo, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, when
A principios de la década de 1880, Sorakichi Matsuda, or Matsada in most American newspapers, traveled to the United States to wrestle professionally. Japan did not have a developed professional wrestling circuit, so Matsuda thought he would bring the sport back to Japan after an apprenticeship in the United States. After training for a while, Matsuda signed an agreement to wrestle the first
Oscar Wasem started his career in St. Louis, Missouri under the tutelage of George Baptiste. Wasem was a good enough wrestler that Wasem defeated a young Frank Gotch in 1901. Wasem, el St. Louis Champion, pinned Gotch, the Iowa Champion. While Gotch went on to be America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler, Wasem remained a solid journeyman. Wasem supplemented his professional