Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
W poniedziałek, Marzec 26, 1888, Joe Acton, który specjalizował się w catchwrestlingu, walczył z profesorem Williamem Millerem, australijski zapaśnik, i wojownik na gołe pięści, w grecko-rzymskim meczu zapaśniczym typu dwa z trzech upadków. Obydwa obozy mężczyzn wierzyły, że zapasy w tym stylu zapewnią im najuczciwszą walkę. Mężczyźni walczyli o $500.00 na bok. 1,500 fans, duży tłum jak na tamte czasy, turned
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Odtwórz w nowym oknie | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about some of the wild claims fans, wrestlers and wrestling historians make about professional wrestling matches. Update I recently discovered that before Mildred Burke was even born, wrestling fans and reporters recognized Cora Livingston as the first women’s wrestling champion. Cora learned to wrestle in the carnivals.
Prior to wrestling in Kentucky in the early 1910s, wrestling fans knew Ed “Strangler” Lewis as Bob Fredrichs. Born Robert Friedrich in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis made his professional wrestling debut in 1905, while still only 14 lat. Kentucky promoters thought Bob Fredrichs too plain, so Lewis chose his new name as an homage to fellow Wisconsin native and original
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3jeixi/Episode_48a46i.mp3Podcast: Odtwórz w nowym oknie | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, Będę mówił o największym double-crossie w historii pro wrestlingu. Introduction or Update After two weeks of COVID, mój oddech w końcu wrócił do normy, więc wracamy do badania mistrzostw Ameryki w wadze ciężkiej w zapasach. This project has proven to be as frustrating as I expected it
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/79nsr9/Episode_36u5sw.mp3Podcast: Odtwórz w nowym oknie | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about one of the most vicious hookers in the history of professional wrestling. I will focus on three incidents which illustrate why other wrestlers feared Evan “The Strangler” Lewis. Update The update will be on the light side because I contracted COVID for the second time this
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sfejv3/Episode_275lyj.mp3Podcast: Odtwórz w nowym oknie | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about biggest box office attraction in wrestling history. When he took a working vacation back to his home country of Greece, he filled up 100,000 stadiums. He was the first wrestler to draw 30,000 fans since the second Frank Gotch-George Hackenschmidt match in 1911. Update Why I
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tkrvui/Episode_1b3iy0.mp3Podcast: Odtwórz w nowym oknie | PobierzTo było prawie prawdziwe: Podcast poświęcony historii pro wrestlingu, Epizod 1 – Gotch vs. Hack Episode Preview In this episode, Opowiem o faktach i mitach związanych z dwoma meczami Franka Gotcha i George'a Hackenschmidta. W maju 2016 po zbadaniu karier mężczyzn przez poprzednie dwa lata, I released Gotch
At nearly 70 lat, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking
May 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins walczył w Nowym Jorku z gigantem Nouralahem Hassanem. Born in Bulgaria during 1870, Hassan stood six feet, eight inches tall and weighed 331 funtów. While Jenkins possessed superior wrestling skill, fans and reporters expected Hassan’s immense size to present problems for Jenkins. Promoters booked the men to wrestle at Madison Square Garden in
Piątek, Czerwiec 29, 1883, fourteen wrestlers paid $50 to enter a two-day tournament for a $500 championship belt and $500 prize. Richard K. Fox, owner and publisher of the Police Gazette, put up the prize money and belt. Fox avidly supported the promotion of both professional boxing and professional wrestling. While fourteen men attempted to enter the tournament, Fox