Ken Zimmerman Jr.

In November 1923, St. Ir-reporter ta’ Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy intervista lil St. Louis promotur lotta John Contos. Murphy ppropona lil Contos li l-era ta' wrestlers dominanti bħal William Muldoon kienet spiċċat. Murphy tkellem dwar il-partita riċenti bejn “Champion tad-Dinja” Hardneck Phillips u l-konkorrent tal-logħba Webster O'Malley. Phillips iddefenda b'suċċess il-kampjonat tiegħu billi tefa' lil O'Malley wara 1 hour, 50

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”

Nhar it-Tlieta, Marzu 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller iltaqa Stanislaus Zbyszko fil-logħba lotta leġittimu. Wrestling professjonali se transizzjoni minn konkors leġittimu li wirja fi stadji bejn 1910 u 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller gradwat mill-Università ta 'Pennsylvania bil-logħob tal-futbol professjonali. 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, li kien 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. Sfortunatament, 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.