Who was proclaimed the first professional wrestling champion?

barbs42

William Muldoon http://www.elgar.org/2time.htm Apr 08 00, 11:11 PM

skittles420

George Hackenschmidt was wrestling's first world champion in 1904. Jul 24 07, 2:27 AM

McGruff

1900 William Muldoon (1845-1933) is proclaimed the first professional wrestling champion. http://www.firstladies.org/time-line/timeline.aspx?beginning=1830&ending=1903 William Muldoon was a professional wrestler. Long before Georg Hackenschmidt and Frank Gotch, he was the dominant figure in heavyweight professional wrestling, making him the first major star in American pro wrestling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Muldoon Byname: Iron Duke, American wrestling champion and boxing trainer. Muldoon was a policeman from 1876 to 1882, won the New York Police heavyweight title, and in 1880 the American Greco-Roman wrestling title. He became well known when he began to tour the United States as a boxing promoter and coach of John L. Sullivan. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9054204/William-Muldoon Jul 26 07, 12:21 AM

McGruff

Georg Karl Julius Hackenschmidt (July 20, 1878 - February 19, 1968) was an early 20th-century strongman and professional wrestler. Nicknamed "The Russian Lion", Hackenschmidt was actually an Estonian. Hackenschmidt became a professional wrestler in September 1896, after being trained by fellow countryman, Georg Lurich. Hackenschmidt won the European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship from Tom Cannon on September 4, 1902 in Liverpool, England. This title gave Hackenschmidt a legitimate claim as the World Champion of professional wrestling, a title that was cemented when Hackenschmidt defeated American Heavyweight Champion Tom Jenkins on May 4, 1905 in New York, New York to become the first recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Hackenschmidt Jul 26 07, 12:36 AM

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