Zgodovinar borilnih športov in borilni umetnik
I’ve written in the past that Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce by Marcus Griffin is a problematic source. Medtem ko ima Griffin insajdersko znanje zaradi svojega časa v promocijski pisarni Buffalo v tridesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja, knjigo je napisal z namenom maščevanja promotorjem, ki so ga odpustili. Knjiga vsebuje dejanske podatke, pomešane z zanimivimi
James Hiram McLaughlin je prvi ameriški profesionalni rokoborec. Medtem ko so se ljudje pred McLaughlinom profesionalno borili, bil je prvi, ki se je profesionalno preživljal z rokoborbo. McLaughlin se je začel profesionalno ukvarjati z rokoborbo leta 1860 pri 16 leta starosti, a je državljanska vojna za nekaj let prekinila njegovo kariero. McLaughlin se je znova začel z rokoborbo 1866. Jo 1877,
In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilu se je začel boriti kot Jim Londos po nekaj letih, ko je bil trik “Borbeni mavčar”. Londos se verjetno ni zavedal, da bo sprememba imena prvi korak k temu, da postane največja blagajniška atrakcija v profesionalni rokoborbi iz 1930-ih.. Drugi korak je bil njegov nastop kot glavni rokoborec v St. Louis. Rojen v
Julija 4, 1922, Alan Eustace je dobil strel proti svetovnemu prvaku v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Edu “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, prvak Kansasa, zmagal kvalifikacijski tekmi z “Kmet” Bailey marca 1922 da bi se uvrstil na tekmo z Lewisom. 31-letni Eustace je bil iste starosti kot “Strangler” Lewis, vendar je bil Lewis veliko bolj izkušen. Debitiral pri 14 let,
Pred kratkim sem bil počaščen, da sem bil gost v The Martial Culture Podcast. Trener Rene Driefuss in Matt Peters sta bila odlična gostitelja. Resnično sem užival v svojem času na njihovem podcastu. Govorila sva o eni od mojih knjig, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: Zlasti tekme, ki so ustvarile in uničile zakonito ameriško profesionalno rokoborbo. Vendar, na splošno smo govorili o zgodovini
Since its emergence as a spectator sport in the second half of the 19th Century, promoters and wrestlers were under a cloud of suspicion that they were working their matches. While professional wrestling would eventually consist almost exclusively of staged exhibitions, many, if not most, of the matches were legitimate contest prior to 1915. Promoters and wrestlers went to great
In early 1915, Sam Rachmann promoted the New York International Wrestling Tournament with the intention of replacing retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Rachmann believed no one could defeat Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Rachmann’s handpicked successor to Gotch, in Greco-Roman wrestling. Rachmann’s challenge was catch-as-catch-can was the dominant wrestling style in America. To get around this challenge, Rachmann recruited international
V 1922, future World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Jim Browning began his career in Kansas. Browning moved from his hometown of Verona, Missouri in 1921 to train for a professional wrestling career. Tom Law, the Wichita, Kansas promoter, oversaw Browning’s training. By May 1923, Browning was already in the main event at smaller shows. On an Augusta, Kansas card, Browning wrestled
Marca 3, 1922, In “Strangler” Lewis regained the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Stanislaus Zbyszko. This event marked the beginning of one of the most dominant professional wrestling combines in history. Manager Billy Sandow, World Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and training partner/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, known as the “Gold Dust Trio”, dominated the sport for the next six
In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow convinced Georgia promoter Tom Law to move to Wichita, Kansas and develop the area for future wrestling shows. The American Midwest would be a significant revenue generator for the Gold Dust Trio, which Sandow led with World Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, in the 1920s. Law would produce two