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Fil 1897, Dan McLeod għeleb lil Martin "Farmer" Burns għall-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight. Wara t-telfa, Burns ġġieled part-time hekk kif għamel tranżizzjoni fir-rwol primarju tiegħu ta 'trejner tal-lotta. Over the next 30 snin, Burns ħarreġ il-biċċa l-kbira tal-wrestlers leġittimi tal-qabda fl-Istati Uniti. Burns beda jdur fih 1899, where he would both wrestle an opponent in

This week’s post is a confession of sorts. Għal snin, I have written that Frank Gotch was the only wrestler to defeat Stanislaus Zbyszko during his initial tour of America between 1909 u 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Volum 1: 1875 li 1939; The Battle for New York – Works, Shootes and Double Crosses (link affiljat) minn

Waħda mir-rakkonti leġġendarji dwar Joe Stecher tikkonċerna kompetizzjoni leġittima li kellu ma’ wieħed minn Martin “Farmer” Ħruq wrestlers, meta Stecher bilkemm kien barra mill-iskola sekondarja. Burns sema’ dwar ir-reputazzjoni dejjem tikber ta’ Stecher u ddeċieda li jittestjah ma’ wieħed mill-wrestlers tiegħu. Għal snin, Ħsibt li Stecher għeleb lil Yusif Mahmout iżda fil-fatt ġġieled lil Yussif Hussane. Il-

Edwin Bibby u Duncan C. Ross stabbilixxa l-ewwel kampjonat rikonoxxut tal-lotta professjonali fl-Istati Uniti f'Jannar 19, 1881. L-irġiel iġġieldu stil catch-as-catch-can għall-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight. William Muldoon kien iċ-Champion Dinji tal-Piż Tqil ibbażat fuq it-telfa tiegħu kontra Thiebaud Bauer fi 1880. Andre Christol ġab it-Titolu Dinji fl-Istati Uniti fl-

Fil-ktieb tiegħu Hooker, Lou Thesz kiteb dwar ir-rivalità bejn żewġ wrestlers favoriti tiegħu, Joe Stecher u Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Stecher u Lewis kienu joħorġu bħala l-aqwa żewġ wrestlers professjonali leġittimi tal-1910s. Jew raġel jista’ jegħleb lil kull wrestler ieħor dak iż-żmien f’kompetizzjoni leġittima jew “shoot”. L-irġiel iġġieldu tlieta twal, kompetizzjonijiet boring

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. Fis-snin tletin, promoters would enter into agreements with each other but they were often fleeting. When one promoter got offended, thought

Fil 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