Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Professional wrestling evolved into an athletic exhibition from legitimate contests for two reasons. I have written extensively about the first reason. Legitimate contests between equally skilled wrestlers were often long, boring affairs with little action. These contests turned off fans and prevented professional wrestling exploding as a spectator sport. I have not written as much about the second reason. Die
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7s9rgj/Episode_6b9zva.mp3Podcast: Spielen im neuen Fenster | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about a pair of worked title matches for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Main Content Fred Beell was a strong, talentierter professioneller Wrestler um die Wende des 20. Jahrhunderts. Obwohl kraftvoll gebaut, Beell stood no more than 5’05” und gewogen 168 Pfund. Noch, he improbably defeated
Am Montag, März 26, 1888, Joe Acton, who specialized in catch wrestling, wrestled Professor William Miller, an Australian wrestler, and bare-knuckle prizefighter, in a two-out-of-three-falls Greco-Roman wrestling match. Both men’s camps believed wrestling the match in this style ensured the fairest contest between them. The men wrestled for $500.00 eine Seite. 1,500 fans, a large crowd for the era, turned
On November 30, 1871, Eine große Menschenmenge bestieg zehn Eisenbahnwaggons auf der New Orleans, Mobile und Texas Railroad, als sie in der Canal Street in New Orleans hielten, Louisiana. Der Zug fuhr weiter zum Bahnhof Montgomery in der Nähe der Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, wo die Menge den Regen verließ und sich auf den Weg in den Wald machte. So eine seltsame Prozession
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Spielen im neuen Fenster | 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 Jahre alt. 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: Spielen im neuen Fenster | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, Ich werde über das größte Doppelkreuz in der Geschichte des Pro-Wrestlings sprechen. Introduction or Update After two weeks of COVID, Endlich normalisierte sich meine Atmung wieder, Also geht es zurück zur Erforschung der 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: Spielen im neuen Fenster | DownloadIn this episode, Ich werde über eine der bösartigsten Nutten in der Geschichte des professionellen Wrestlings sprechen. Ich werde mich auf drei Vorfälle konzentrieren, die veranschaulichen, warum andere Wrestler Evan „The Strangler“ Lewis fürchteten. Update Das Update wird auf der hellen Seite sein, weil ich mich zum zweiten Mal mit COVID infiziert habe
Am Oktober 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. In 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sfejv3/Episode_275lyj.mp3Podcast: Spielen im neuen Fenster | DownloadIn this episode, Ich werde über die größte Kassenattraktion in der Wrestling-Geschichte sprechen. Als er einen Arbeitsurlaub zurück in sein Heimatland Griechenland nahm, er hat aufgefüllt 100,000 Stadien. Er war der erste Wrestler, der zeichnete 30,000 Fans seit dem zweiten Spiel zwischen Frank Gotch und George Hackenschmidt 1911. Update Warum ich