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Poist faoi wrestling gairmiúil sa 19ú haois agus tús an 20ú haois.
D’aimsigh mé gearrthóg trí nóiméad ar YouTube le déanaí, lena n-áirítear dhá cheann de Jim Londos’ cluichí ó na 1930idí. Sa chéad chluiche, Déanann Londain wrestleáil ar Abe Coleman. Sa dara cluiche, Tá Londos ag dul i ngleic le cluiche stíleanna measctha le Oki Shikina, a fuair oiliúint ag Taro Miyake, an crios dubh Judo agus wrestler gairmiúil. Ba é Londain an réalta oifig na dticéad ba mhó
Ar Dé hAoine, Samhain 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. The men wrestled for a reported $1,000.00 purse. Acton usually gave up size to his opponent but Acton outweighed the 148-pound Fitzsimmons by seven pounds. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling
Ar Nollaig 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, Missouri. Four hundred fans from the surrounding area crowded into the venue to watch the match between Browning and Clarence Jenkins, a wrestler from Emporia, Kansas. Both Browning and Jenkins wrestled most of their matches in Kansas during 1923. Browning was starting a career that
Ar Samhain 18, 1938, Bhí iar-churadh wrestling an domhain Jim Londos wrestled curadh domhanda reatha Bronko Nagurski, an t-iar-imreoir peile iontach do na Chicago Bears. Throid na fir i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania do leagan Nagurski de chraobhchomórtas wrestling an domhain. Is féidir leat féachaint ar an gcluiche 14 nóiméad ina iomláine ar YouTube. Nuair a chonaic mé an cluiche don chéad uair, several
On May 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail wrestled Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail only toured the United States for six months in the early part of 1898. Ismail wrestled less than ten matches but left a path of destruction remembered to this day. Ismail made a powerful impression by easily defeating both Evan “Strangler” Lewis. Ismail also made a strong
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek wrestled two of the most famous legitimate contests of the 1920s. Pesek ended two promotional wars by agreeing to “shoot” contests with Marin Plestina and Nat Pendelton. In 1916, Pesek was an up-and-coming wrestler active in his home state of Nebraska. Ar Déardaoin, September 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and
Born Norman Edward Wescoatt in Hawaii on August 2, 1911, “Rusty” Wescoatt played football for the University of Hawaii before making his professional wrestling debut in Hawaii during 1933. Wescoatt was also a swimming champion. Wescoatt initially made more news for his swimming than his wrestling when he traveled to the continental United States in 1935. On Easter Sunday, Aibreán
Stanislaus Zbyszko toured the United States in 1910 in preparation for a title match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in the year. His tour brought him to St. Louis on May 29, 1910. Zbyszko was scheduled to meet highly regarded light heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson was a skilled wrestler, who trained with St. Louis wrestler George
Tá náire orm a rá gur aimsigh mé gairm bheatha Cora Livingston le déanaí, agus taighde á dhéanamh ar fhorbairt an chórais tionscnóra áitiúil sa wrestling proifisiúnta sna 1910idí agus 1920idí. Ba í Mildred Burke an chéad mhórchuradh cogaíochta ban arbh eol dom é. Mar sin féin, D'éiligh Cora Livingston Craobh an Domhain bliain sular rugadh Burke fiú. Cora Livingston
Ar Márta 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed on the last night of the International Wrestling Tournament in Detroit, Michigan. The tournament ran for almost two months before the finale on March 10th. Wrestling historians frequently credit J. H. McLaughlin as being the first professional wrestler to live only on his earnings as a professional wrestler. Most professional wrestlers