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April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
På Mars 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Stecher and Lewis would emerge as the two best legitimate professional wrestler of the 1910s. Either man could beat every other wrestler at the time in a legitimate contest or “shoot”. The men wrestled three long, boring contests
Prior to the creation of the territorial system in 1948, pro wrestling promoters fought with each other to control the world championship. Promoting the world champion led to bigger gates, so most promoters wanted to control the championship. In the 1930s, promoters would enter into agreements with each other but they were often fleeting. When one promoter got offended, thought
November 19, 1935, professional wrestler Ray Steele met professional boxer Kingfish Levinsky in a mixed wresting versus boxing bout. The Missouri State Athletic Commission created special rules for the match. The commissioners ruled the bout would consist of three-minute rounds like a boxing match. The commissioners allowed Levinsky to punch even if he was on the mat. Steele could
I 1899, Martin “Farmer” Burns was transitioning into the role of part-time wrestler and full-time trainer. One of his most famous pupils would be Frank Gotch, who Burns defeated a week after this match. Burns was 38 years-old and had lost his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship two years earlier. Burns blended both roles on a very busy December night in
William Hayes Shaw, who wrestled as Pat O’Shocker through most of his wrestling career, found himself in the spotlight in 1933. O’Shocker wasn’t looking for this sort of fame though. Newspapers were carrying a story about how wrestling promoters tried to use O’Shocker in a planned double-cross. Joseph “Toots” Mondt booked wrestlers out of New York and was aligned with
I 1933, about 10 år inn i sin brytekarriere, Jim Browning ville vinne verdenstittelen. Starter sin karriere i Kansas og hjemstaten Missouri, Browning måtte forlate disse kjente grunnene, hvis han hadde til hensikt å nå den høyeste toppen i profesjonell bryting. Fordi verdensmestere måtte turnere nasjonalt, og ofte internasjonalt, verdenstittelen ble
Jeg har tidligere skrevet at Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce av Marcus Griffin er en problematisk kilde. Mens Griffin har innsidekunnskap på grunn av sin tid på reklamekontoret i Buffalo på 1930-tallet, han skrev boken med det formål å hevne seg mot promotørene som sparket ham. Boken inneholder faktainformasjon blandet med interessant
James Hiram McLaughlin har utmerkelsen som den første amerikanske profesjonelle bryteren. Mens folk kjempet profesjonelt før McLaughlin, han var den første som tjente et profesjonelt levebrød fra bryting. McLaughlin begynte å bryte profesjonelt inn 1860 på 16 år gammel, men borgerkrigen avbrøt karrieren hans i noen år. McLaughlin begynte å bryte inn igjen 1866. Av 1877,
Juli 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Selv om Georges Carpentier