Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Under de senaste tjugo åren, konservatorer har hittat flera brottningsfilmer från 1920-talet till 1950-talet som antogs förlorade. Fans kan se de flesta av de nyupptäckta filmerna på YouTube. En av de överlevda filmerna är arton minuter i timmen, tjugo minuters match från Philadelphia, Pennsylvania i 1930. Jim Londos brottades Dick Shikat (videolänk) for a
På torsdag, April 10, 1884, Amerikas första professionella brottare på heltid, J H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. Herrarna brottades en tre-av-fem falls match med blandade stilar. McLaughlin specialiserade sig på krage-och-armbågsbrottning. Männen brottades två fall under krage-och-armbågesregler. Ross favoriserade regler för sidohållning. The men wrestled two falls by securing side
På lördag, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, fresh off his first tour of the United States, wrestled the Great Gama at Shepherd’s Bush Stadium in London, England. 7,000 spectators crowded into the stadium to watch the match. A few weeks earlier, Herr. Benjamin brought a group of Pehlwani wrestlers from India to wrestle in England. Fans consider the Great Gama
Jim Londos steg genom raden av professionell brottning för att bli den största box office-stjärnan på inte bara 1930-talet utan genom tiderna. Emellertid, om Londos inte hade kommit till St. Louis i början av 1920-talet, historien kunde ha varit helt annorlunda. Londos lärde sig catch-as-catch-can-brottning medan Londos uppträdde som en stark man i karnevalskretsen under
Henry Moses Dufur specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling when Dufur wrestled professionally in the 1870s and 1880s. Born on May 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. On June 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
World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis was scheduled to meet former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko at the St. Louis Coliseum på torsdag, December 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
På måndag, December 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. After initially being allies in promotion, Jim Londos broke away from Jack Curley’s group in New York. To restore peace, the parties decided on a legitimate contest or “shoot” to settle the dispute. Joseph "Toots" Mondt
På tisdag, December 12, 1916, local favorite, John “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. Emellertid, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, when
Under det tidiga 1880-talet, Sorakichi Matsuda, eller Matsada i de flesta amerikanska tidningar, reste till USA för att brottas professionellt. Japan hade inte en utvecklad professionell brottningsbana, så Matsuda trodde att han skulle ta tillbaka sporten till Japan efter en lärlingsutbildning i USA. Efter att ha tränat ett tag, 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, 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