Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
Joe Stecher care surprinde campionatul mondial de lupte de la Earl Caddock este cel mai vechi film de lupte profesionale existent. Tragic, promotorii au filmat cele mai mari meciuri din anii 1910 și 1920, inclusiv al doilea meci Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt, dar au putrezit în zonele de depozitare. Operatorii de cameră l-au filmat pe Ed „Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne „Big” Munn, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, și meciul de reunificare
Una dintre poveștile legendare despre Joe Stecher se referă la un concurs legitim pe care l-a avut cu unul dintre Martin “Agricultor” Arde luptătorii, când Stecher abia ieşise din liceu. Burns a auzit despre reputația în creștere a lui Stecher și a decis să-l testeze cu unul dintre luptătorii săi.. De ani de zile, Credeam că Stecher l-a învins pe Yusif Mahmout, dar de fapt sa luptat cu Yussif Hussane. The
Edwin Bibby and Duncan C. Ross established the first recognized professional wrestling championship in the United States on January 19, 1881. The men wrestled catch-as-catch-can style for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. William Muldoon was the World Heavyweight Champion based on his defeat of Thiebaud Bauer in 1880. Andre Christol brought the World Title to the United States in the
In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Stecher and Lewis would emerge as the two best legitimate professional wrestler of the 1910s. Either man could beat every other wrestler at the time in a legitimate contest or “shoot”. The men wrestled three long, boring contests
Prior to the creation of the territorial system in 1948, pro wrestling promoters fought with each other to control the world championship. Promoting the world champion led to bigger gates, so most promoters wanted to control the championship. In the 1930s, promoters would enter into agreements with each other but they were often fleeting. When one promoter got offended, thought
Noiembrie 19, 1935, professional wrestler Ray Steele met professional boxer Kingfish Levinsky in a mixed wresting versus boxing bout. The Missouri State Athletic Commission created special rules for the match. The commissioners ruled the bout would consist of three-minute rounds like a boxing match. The commissioners allowed Levinsky to punch even if he was on the mat. Steele could
În 1899, Martin “Agricultor” Burns was transitioning into the role of part-time wrestler and full-time trainer. One of his most famous pupils would be Frank Gotch, who Burns defeated a week after this match. Burns was 38 years-old and had lost his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship two years earlier. Burns blended both roles on a very busy December night in
Cine este cel mai mare luptător profesionist legitim care a luptat în Statele Unite? How do you determine it when wrestlers “worked” or cooperated with each other in matches since the sports emergence in the 1860s? . I examined the records and stories around the American, British, Polish, and Turkish wrestlers, who wrestled in the United States between 1870 și 1915
William Hayes Shaw, who wrestled as Pat O’Shocker through most of his wrestling career, found himself in the spotlight in 1933. O’Shocker wasn’t looking for this sort of fame though. Newspapers were carrying a story about how wrestling promoters tried to use O’Shocker in a planned double-cross. Joseph “Toots” Mondt booked wrestlers out of New York and was aligned with
În 1933, about 10 years into his wrestling career, Jim Browning would win the world title. Starting his career in Kansas and his home state of Missouri, Browning would have to leave these familiar grounds, if he intended to reach the highest pinnacle in professional wrestling. Because World Champions had to tour nationally, and often internationally, the world title was