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Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. Пасля 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Ад 1900 для 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches
Жнівень 7, 1882, American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Edwin Bibby defended his title against English Champion Joe Acton at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The men wrestled a “catch-as-catch-can” match for the world championship. Аднак, the public did not recognize the winner of the bout as the world champion. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight
Ніхто не скарыстаўся эрай прафесійнага бокса без рашэння так, як Баттлінг Левінскі. Левінскі быў умелым абарончым баксёрам, які атрымаў мала пашкоджанняў падчас сваіх баёў. Калі часопіс Ring спытаў яго, чаму ён такі актыўны, часам прымаючы 3 баі за дзень вакол Нью-Ёрка, — сказаў Лявінскі, “Мне падабаюцца грошы, і я ніколі не пакрыўджваюся.” Лявінскі быў
(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: The Quest for Redemption, published on February 2, 2022.) The most important event affecting the future of Frank Gotch’s career occurred on January 11, 1911. Gotch married the former Gladys Oestrich at her parent’s home in Humboldt, Аёва. Г-жа. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which
Студзеня 2, 1911, Swiss wrestler John Lemm found himself the laughingstock of professional wrestling fans and reporters. The incident occurred when Lemm wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko in Buffalo, New York. Fans considered Zbyszko the top contender for Frank Gotch’s world title. Zbyszko was a world class wrestler although more skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling than catch wrestling. Lemm was a skilled
Кастрычнік 20, 1920, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro Miyake, a Judo and Jujitsu black belt, in a mixed wrestling vs. jujitsu contest. After about 20 секунд, Santel secured a half-Nelson on Miyake, lifted him off the mat and slammed Miyake to the floor. The impact knocked Miyake senseless. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back
During the early 1920s, Tex Rickard declared war on his former boxing promotional partner, Джэк Керлі. Curley promoted professional wrestling in New York City. He also organized promoters in large cities such as Boston and St. Louis into a wrestling trust. The trust controlled the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The trust froze out any wrestler, who refused to go along
У 1897, Dan McLeod beat Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. After the defeat, Burns wrestled part-time as he transitioned into his primary role of wrestling trainer. Over the next 30 гадоў, Burns trained most of the legitimate catch wrestlers in the United States. Burns began touring in 1899, where he would both wrestle an opponent in
Пост на гэтым тыдні - свайго роду прызнанне. На працягу многіх гадоў, Я пісаў, што Фрэнк Готч быў адзіным змагаром, які перамог Станіслава Збышка падчас яго першага тура па Амерыцы паміж 1909 і 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Volume 1: 1875 для 1939; Бітва за Нью-Ёрк – Працы, Страляе і падвойныя крыжы (affiliate link) па
Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Трагічна, promoters filmed the biggest matches of the 1910s and 1920s including the second Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt match, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne “Big” Munn, Штэхер супраць. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match