วิธีตั้งค่าการแข่งขันครั้งใหญ่

ธันวาคม 28, 2020 จูเนียร์เคน Zimmerman. 20ประวัติศาสตร์มวยปล้ำอาชีพแห่งศตวรรษ

On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, นกนางแอ่น “ชาวนา” เบิร์นส์ได้พบกับเฟรด บีลล์ตัวเล็กแต่ทรงพลัง. ขณะที่นักมวยปล้ำทั้งสองชั่งน้ำหนัก 165 ปอนด์, “ชาวนา” เบิร์นส์ยืนสูง 5'11” ถึง Beell's 5’04”. บีลล์วัย 32 ปีมีข้อได้เปรียบเหนือเบิร์นส์วัย 47 ปีอย่างมาก. เบิร์นส์เปิดตัวใน 1879, เมื่อบีลล์อายุได้ 3 ขวบ.

ชายถูกกำหนดให้แข่งขันในโอมาฮา, Nebraska, one of the hotbeds of professional wrestling for the first two decades of the 20th Century. หลังจากที่ the Omaha Police Chief got involved in 1915, wrestling matches moved to nearby Lincoln, Nebraska.

นกนางแอ่น “ชาวนา” เบิร์นส์จากโดเมนสาธารณะ

The men started the two-out-of-three falls match at a quick pace. Probably upsetting the fans expectations and possibly gamblers, “ชาวนา” Burns won the first fall after 32 นาที, 15 seconds. 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, “ชาวนา” 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 ด้านข้าง.

Somethings stand out about this match. เป็นครั้งแรก, “ชาวนา” 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.

ที่สอง, 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.