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Huhtikuun 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Timesin toimittaja Billy Murphy haastatteli St. Louis-painin promoottori John Contos. Murphy ehdotti Contosille, että William Muldoonin kaltaisten hallitsevien painijoiden aikakausi oli ohi. Murphy puhui äskettäisestä ottelusta “Maailmanmestari” Hardneck Phillips ja pelin haastaja Webster O'Malley. Phillips puolusti mestaruuttaan onnistuneesti heittämällä O'Malleyn perään 1 hour, 50
William Muldoon was the reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a noted physical culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. Sullivan’s backers to get their fighter in shape. Sullivan was the reigning World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. He signed an agreement to meet his toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, in July 1889. Sullivan admitted he was in bad shape,
Lokakuun 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Tiistaina, Maaliskuu 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 ja 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, joka oli 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Valitettavasti, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.
Tammikuu 10, 1910, äskettäin saapui Puolan painija Stanislaus Zbyszko otti Charlie “Kid” Cutler on paras kahden-out-of-kolme falls ottelussa. Cutler oli ollut nyrkkeilijä seurue ajaa John L. Sullivan ennen siirryttäessä paini. Vaikka Cutler oli erittäin kova, Stanislaus Zbyszko oli paini nuoruudestaan. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Tom Allen syntyi Birminghamissa, Englannissa, mutta taisteli joitain kuuluisimmista taisteluistaan Amerikassa. Sisään 1867, Allen muutti St. Ludvig, suurin kaupunki Mississippin länsipuolella. Allen ei koskaan lähtenyt ja käytti St. Louisin kotitukikohtana harjoittelemaan palkintotaisteluja. Allen taisteli enimmäkseen paljain rystysten voittotaisteluissa, kuten amerikkalainen nyrkkeily ei olisi