Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Na segunda-feira, Março 26, 1888, Joe Acton, que se especializou em catch wrestling, lutou contra o professor William Miller, um lutador australiano, e lutador de boxe sem luvas, em uma luta de luta livre greco-romana de duas de três quedas. Os dois lados masculinos acreditavam que lutar neste estilo garantia a disputa mais justa entre eles. Os homens lutaram por $500.00 aparte. 1,500 fans, uma grande multidão para a época, virou
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | 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.
Antes de lutar em Kentucky no início dos anos 1910, os fãs de wrestling conheciam Ed “Strangler” Lewis como Bob Fredrichs. Nascido Robert Friedrich em Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis fez sua estreia no wrestling profissional em 1905, enquanto ainda só 14 anos. Os promotores de Kentucky acharam Bob Fredrichs muito simples, então Lewis escolheu seu novo nome como uma homenagem ao colega nativo e original de Wisconsin
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3jeixi/Episode_48a46i.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, I will be talking about the biggest double-cross in pro wrestling history. Introduction or Update After two weeks of COVID, my breathing finally returned to normal, so it is back to researching the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. This project has proven to be as frustrating as I expected it
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/79nsr9/Episode_36u5sw.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | 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: Jogar em nova janela | 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: Jogar em nova janela | BaixarFoi Quase Real: Podcast da história do wrestling profissional, Episódio 1 – Gotch vs. Hack Episode Preview In this episode, I’ll be talking about the facts and myths around the two matches between Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt. During May 2016 after researching the men’s careers for the previous two years, I released Gotch
Quase 70 anos de idade, Stanislaus Zbyszko estreou no cinema em Night and the City (1950). Anunciado como Gregoroso, um lutador aposentado e pai do promotor de luta livre de Londres, Zbyszko exibiu suas habilidades de wrestling, mesmo em sua idade avançada, na cena característica do filme. O filme começa com um homem perseguindo Harry Fabian, um traficante de Londres sempre procurando
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