Ken Zimmerman JR.

In November 1923, St. Ang reporter ng Louis Star-Times na si Billy Murphy ay nakapanayam ng St. Louis wrestling promoter na si John Contos. Iminungkahi ni Murphy kay Contos na tapos na ang panahon ng mga nangingibabaw na wrestler tulad ni William Muldoon. Nagsalita si Murphy tungkol sa kamakailang laban sa pagitan “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips at ang game contender na si Webster O'Malley. Matagumpay na naipagtanggol ni Phillips ang kanyang kampeonato sa pamamagitan ng paghagis kay O'Malley pagkatapos 1 hour, 50

At “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”

Sa Martes, Marso 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 at 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, na naging 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. Sa kasamaang-palad, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

Madalas kong natagpuan ang pinakamalaking hamon sa pagsasaliksik ng maagang propesyonal na pakikipagbuno ay ang paghihiwalay ng katotohanan mula sa fiction. Kahit na ang mga wrestler ay nakikipagkumpitensya sa mga lehitimong laban, madalas nilang pinalaki ang mga kinalabasan, bumuo ng apokripal na alamat sa paligid ng kanilang mga tagumpay at gumawa ng mga haka-haka na kuwento upang ipaliwanag ang kanilang mga pagkatalo. Ang propesyonal na pakikipagbuno ay sumibol mula sa mga karnabal at pinanatili ang mga instinct na pang-promosyon ng sining na ito. St.