Как организовать большой реванш

On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Мартин “Фермер” Бернс встретил маленького, но могущественного Фреда Билла. Пока оба борца весили 165 фунты, “Фермер” Бернс стоял 5’11” к Beell’s 5’04”. У 32-летнего Билла было большое возрастное преимущество над 47-летним Бернсом.. Бернс дебютировал в 1879, когда Биллу было 3 года.

У мужчин был запланирован матч в Омахе, Nebraska, one of the hotbeds of professional wrestling for the first two decades of the 20th Century. After the Omaha Police Chief got involved in 1915, wrestling matches moved to nearby Lincoln, Nebraska.

The men started the two-out-of-three falls match at a quick pace. Probably upsetting the fans expectations and possibly gamblers, “Фермер” Burns won the first fall after 32 минут, 15 секунды. Fred Beell won the second fall at the 35 minute, 15 second mark. With one fall apiece, the winner would be decided in the third fall. The fall would be quick.

Almost from the start of the third fall, “Фермер” Burns secured a top wristlock on Beell. Beell tried to free himself but Burns was able to load Beell into a hiplock.

Burns released the wristlock and flipped Beell to the mat. Burns fell on top of Beell, who shot out from underneath him almost immediately. Beell claimed he was not pinned but the referee awarded the third fall and match to Burns. Beell immediately challenged Burns to a rematch for $1,000.00 в стороне.

Somethings stand out about this match. Первый, “Фермер” Burns was well past his prime but looked competitive in this match. It helped that he was working with his student Fred Beell, who wanted to make his trainer look competitive.

Второй, they setup a “big money” rematch, which would hopefully draw a bigger crowd, with the way they ended the match. Burns scored a quick pinfall that Beell got out of almost immediately after an evenly fought match. Beell had a plausible argument that he hadn’t been pinned. Hence, the need for an immediate rematch.

As professional wrestling continued to move to an almost exclusively “worked” or prearranged exhibitions, they would perfect promotion tactics like this one to build bigger gates and make more money. While competitive wrestling was almost completely eliminated, the excitement of professional wrestling would actually increase.

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Source: Улица. Louis Post-Dispatch, Март 18, 1908 edition, р. 7

 

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