Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Em Maio 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins lutou contra o gigante Nouralah Hassan na cidade de Nova York. Born in Bulgaria during 1870, Hassan stood six feet, eight inches tall and weighed 331 libras. 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
Na sexta-feira, Junho 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
Em agosto 4, 1939, Mort Henderson faleceu em Rochester, Nova Iorque em 60 anos de idade. Os fãs de luta livre provavelmente não se lembravam do nome Mort Henderson, mas sim de seu alter ego, a Marvel Mascarada original, ele salvou a versão de outono do 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament with the goal of
Quando Wladek Zbyszko viajou dos Estados Unidos para o Brasil para uma lucrativa turnê no bem desenvolvido circuito de luta livre profissional do Brasil, Zbyszko mal suspeitava que lutaria em sua primeira competição em quase vinte anos. Como seus colegas americanos, Lutadores profissionais brasileiros trabalharam juntos para fazer exibições emocionantes para os fãs. The Brazilian professional wrestlers occasionally wrestled a
No sábado, Abril 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 anos de idade, pulled off
Em outubro 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Scottish catch wrestler Dan McLeod. Burns and McLeod were two of the top three or four catch-as-catch-can wrestlers in the United States at the time. 1,200 fans attended the match held at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy
George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, um 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only
At the end of 1932, 22-year-old Vila Milli sued her husband, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. However, he did not dismiss the
Antes de imigrar para os Estados Unidos, Taro Miyake se estabeleceu pela primeira vez na Inglaterra. Miyake ajudou Yukio Tani a estabelecer o Judô e o Jujitsu na Inglaterra. Miyake e Tani desafiaram lutadores profissionais para lutas como parte de seu esforço para estabelecer suas artes marciais. Tani participou de partidas de desafio antes da chegada de Miyake. Miyake lutou contra seu primeiro oponente, O próprio Tani,
Ao pesquisar a história do American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1881 – 1922), I discovered Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ early matches in Montana. Prior to researching this topic, I thought Lewis started his career by winning a 64-man wrestling tournament in Montana during 1882. However, Lewis did not win the tournament. Em Maio 1882, Lewis wrestled in a Cornish wrestling tournament