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Over the past twenty years, preservationists have found several wrestling films from the 1920s through the 1950s that were assumed lost. Fans can watch most of the newly discovered films on YouTube. One of the surviving films is eighteen minutes of an hour, twenty minutes match from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1930. Jim Londos wrestled Dick Shikat (video link) for a
上週四, 四月 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
上週六, 九月 10, 1910, 斯坦尼斯Zbyszko, fresh off his first tour of the United States, wrestled the Great Gama at Shepherd’s Bush Stadium in London, 英國. 7,000 spectators crowded into the stadium to watch the match. A few weeks earlier, 先生. Benjamin brought a group of Pehlwani wrestlers from India to wrestle in England. 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. 然而, 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
亨利·摩西·杜福爾 (Henry Moses Dufur) 在 1870 年代和 1880 年代從事職業摔跤時，專攻頸肘式摔跤. 五月出生 5, 1844, 在里士滿, 佛蒙特, 杜福爾摔角主要在美國東北部進行. 六月 27, 1878, 杜福爾在波士頓棒球公園與一位名叫考克斯的摔跤手在五百名球迷面前進行了一場摔跤比賽. 五百粉絲
世界重量級摔跤冠軍埃德 “扼殺” Lewis was scheduled to meet former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko at the St. 路易斯體育館在星期四, 十二月 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. 路易
週一, 十二月 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. 約瑟夫「圖茨」蒙特
週二, 十二月 12, 1916, local favorite, 約翰 “內布拉斯加虎人” 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. 然而, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, 何時
在19世紀80年代初, Sorakichi Matsuda, 或大多數美國報紙上的 Matsada, 前往美國進行職業摔跤. 日本沒有發達的職業摔跤巡迴賽, 因此松田認為他在美國完成學徒期後會將這項運動帶回日本. 經過一段時間的訓練後, 松田簽訂摔跤第一協議
Oscar Wasem 在 St 開始了他的職業生涯. 路易, 喬治·巴蒂斯特 (George Baptiste) 指導下的密蘇里州. Wasem 是一名足夠優秀的摔跤手，Wasem 在比賽中擊敗了年輕的 Frank Gotch 1901. Wasem, 聖. 路易斯冠軍, 固定的 Gotch, 愛荷華冠軍. 雖然 Gotch 繼續成為美國最偉大的合法職業摔跤手, Wasem 仍然是一個可靠的熟練工. Wasem 補充了他的專業