The Pioneer Era of Wrestling

Tribute to the wrestlers of the Pioneer Era (1898-1942).

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Pioneer Era Wrestlers
• Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame
• Frank Gotch
• Georg Hackenschmidt
• Ed Strangler Lewis
• Jim Londos
• Joe Stetcher
• Lou Thesz
• Martin Burns
• Stanislaus Zbyszko
• William Muldoon
• Angelo Savoldi
• Orville Brown
• John Pesek
• Ed Don George
• Bill Longson
• Earl Caddock
• Gus Sonnenberg
• Tom Jenkins
• Ray Steele
• Evan Lewis
• Wladek Zbyszko
• Wild Red Berry
• Danny McShain
• The Entertainer
• Scott Joplin

[Casper135177]

John Pesek is My Great great great great grandfather. and i'm i thinking of doing wrestling

[80swrestling]

@Casper135177 Cool,a celebrity commented on my video,lol.

[Hero7850]

i wonder what legends of professional wrestling like frank gotch would think of the vurlid pro wrestling today

[80swrestling]

@Hero7850 They would think "Damn!Those guys make a hell of a lot more money than I did!" LOL

[DavidOAnal]

@80swrestling lmao hell yeah and was wrestling real back then????

[80swrestling]

@DavidOAnal Yes.Back then they used real athletes and the matches werent always pretermined.

[Hero7850]

So, Dean Malenko stole his nickname "The Man of 1,000 Holds" from Earl Caddoch.

[Ariosof]

and how about the most legendary Ivan Poddubny?????!!!!!

[AmericanCombatAssoc]

@Casper135177 John Pesek is one of the greatest and possibly the greatest pound for pound submission wrestler of all time. We featured him in our book Rough and Tumble that we did with Erik Paulson. Please send your address on a private message and we will send you a copy of the book.

[80swrestling]

@harley55100 Very true.Btw,You didn't have to remove your other comments.