Ken Zimmerman Jr.

Ar Deireadh Fómhair 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Scottish catch wrestler Dan McLeod. Burns and McLeod were two of the top three or four catch-as-catch-can wrestlers in the United States at the time. 1,200 fans attended the match held at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy

George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, a 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only

At the end of 1932, 22-year-old Vila Milli sued her husband, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. Mar sin féin, he did not dismiss the

Agus é ag déanamh taighde ar stair Chraobhchomórtais Wrestling Trom Mheiriceá (1881 – 1922), D’aimsigh mé cluichí luatha Evan “Strangler” Lewis i Montana. Sula ndearna tú taighde ar an ábhar seo, Shíl mé gur thosaigh Lewis a ghairm bheatha trí chomórtas wrestling 64-fear a bhuachan i Montana le linn 1882. Mar sin féin, Níor bhuaigh Lewis an comórtas. In May 1882, Throid Lewis i gcomórtas wrestling Coirnise

Frank Gotch a bhí i gceannas ar wrestling Mheiriceá ó 1905 go dtí a scor i 1913. Gotch, an Curadh Trom-mheáchain Mheiriceánach atá ann faoi láthair, bhuaigh sé an cluiche is mó dá shaol i mí Aibreáin 3, 1908. Bhuaigh Gotch an Seaimpín Domhanda Trom-mheáchain reatha Georg Hackenschmidt i Chicago, Illinois. Bhí Gotch mar churadh domhanda ceannasach agus a bhí sé mar churaidh Mheiriceá. D'aontaigh Gotch

Ar Déardaoin, Aibreán 29, 1909, Thaistil Frank Gotch go Memphis, Tennessee chun wrestleoir éadrom trom-mheas Charles Hackenschmidt a throid. Bhuaigh Hackenschmidt an Chraobhchomórtais Wrestling Light Trom Domhanda faoina fhíorainm, John Berg. Cé gur cheap lucht leanúna go maith Berg, ní fhaca siad é mar bhagairt chun Frank Gotch a shárú i gcluiche díreach. Chun suim lucht leanúna a mhéadú

Chuaigh Joe Stecher i ngleic le linn idirthréimhse i wrestling proifisiúnta Mheiriceá. Prior to 1900, Bhí wrestlers ag gabháil go príomha i gcomórtais dhlisteanacha cé go n-oibríonn wrestlers cluichí ó am go chéile. After 1915, d'oibrigh na wrestlers go léir a gcuid cluichí. Ní raibh wrestlers ag troid i gcomórtais dhlisteanacha ach amháin chun aighneas bolscaireachta a réiteach nó chun cros dhúbailte a bhaint de. From 1900 to 1915, wrestlers ag gabháil do mheascán de chluichí oibrithe

Ar Lúnasa 7, 1882, Chosain Curaidh Trom-mheáchain Mheiriceá Edwin Bibby a theideal i gcoinne curaidh Shasana Joe Acton ag Madison Square Garden i gCathair Nua-Eabhrac. Bhí cluiche “catch-as-catch-can” ag na fir do chraobh an domhain. Mar sin féin, níor aithin an pobal buaiteoir na bout mar churaidh an domhain. D'aithin an pobal an buaiteoir mar an Meáchan Trom Mheiriceá