Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
Joe Stecherri buruzko istorio mitikoetako bat Martinen batekin izan zuen lehiaketa legitimo bati buruzkoa da “Baserritarrak” Burns borrokalariak, Stecher ia batxilergotik atera zenean. Burnsek Stecherren ospe gero eta handiagoaren berri izan zuen eta bere borrokalarietako batekin probatzea erabaki zuen.. Urtez, Stecherrek Yusif Mahmout garaitu zuela uste nuen baina benetan Yussif Hussane borrokatu zuen. The
Edwin Bibby eta Duncan C. Rossek urtarrilean ezarri zuen Estatu Batuetako borroka profesionalen lehen txapelketa aitortua 19, 1881. Gizonezkoek harrapatzeko moduko borrokan aritu ziren American Heavyweight Wrestling Txapelketarako. William Muldoon pisu astuneko munduko txapelduna izan zen Thiebaud Bauerren porrotean oinarrituta 1880. Andre Christolek Munduko Titulua ekarri zuen Estatu Batuetara
Martxoan 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
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. 1930eko hamarkadan, promoters would enter into agreements with each other but they were often fleeting. When one promoter got offended, thought
Azaroaren on 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
Urtean 1899, Martin “Baserritarrak” 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
Nor da Estatu Batuetan borrokatzeko legezko borrokalari profesional handiena? Nola zehazten duzu borrokalariak direnean “worked” edo elkarren artean lankidetzan aritu ziren partidetan 1860ko hamarkadan kirola sortu zenetik? . Amerikarren inguruko diskoak eta istorioak aztertu nituen, Britainiarra, poloniarra, eta borrokalari turkiarrak, artean Estatu Batuetan borrokan aritu zena 1870 eta 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
Urtean 1933, about 10 urte bere borroka-karreran, Jim Browningek munduko titulua irabaziko zuen. Kansasen eta Missouri estatuan hasi zuen bere karrera, Browningek lur ezagunak utzi beharko lituzke, borroka profesionalean gailur gorenera iristeko asmoa bazuen. Munduko Txapeldunek nazio mailan bira egin behar izan zutelako, eta askotan nazioartean, munduko titulua zen