Dövüş Sporları Tarihçisi ve Dövüş Sanatçısı
Geçmişte Fall Guys'ın yazdığını yazmıştım.: Marcus Griffin'in Barnums of Bounce adlı eseri sorunlu bir kaynaktır. Griffin, 1930'larda Buffalo tanıtım ofisinde geçirdiği süre nedeniyle içeriden bilgi sahibi olmasına rağmen, kitabı kendisini kovan organizatörlerden intikam almak amacıyla yazdı. Kitap ilginç bilgilerle harmanlanmış gerçek bilgiler içeriyor
James Hiram McLaughlin, ilk Amerikalı profesyonel güreşçi olma özelliğini taşıyor. İnsanlar McLaughlin'den önce profesyonelce güreşirken, güreşten profesyonel geçimini sağlayan ilk kişi oydu. McLaughlin profesyonel olarak güreşe başladı 1860 at 16 yaşındaydı ancak İç Savaş kariyerine birkaç yıl ara verdi. McLaughlin yeniden güreşe başladı 1866. Tarafından 1877,
In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilou began wrestling as Jim Londos after several years as the gimmicky “Wrestling Plasterer”. Londos probably didn’t realize that the name change would be the first step into him becoming the biggest box office attraction in 1930s professional wrestling. The second step was his emergence as a main event wrestler in St. Louis. Born in
On July 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Demir kama. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “Çiftçi” Bailey in March 1922 to qualify for the match with Lewis. 31-year-old Eustace was the same age as “Strangler” Lewis but Lewis was far more experienced. Debuting at 14 yaş,
I was recently honored to be a guest on The Martial Culture Podcast. Coach Rene Driefuss and Matt Peters were excellent hosts. I truly enjoyed my time on their podcast. We spoke about one of my books, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. Ancak, we spoke in general about the history
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
Içinde 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
Mart'ta 3, 1922, Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Dünya Ağır Siklet Güreş Şampiyonasını Stanislaus Zbyszko'dan geri aldı. Bu etkinlik tarihteki en baskın profesyonel güreş kombinasyonlarından birinin başlangıcı oldu. teknik direktör Billy Sandow, Dünya Şampiyonu Ed “Strangler” Lewis ve eğitim ortağı/promosyon dehası Joseph “Toots” Mondt, olarak bilinen “Altın Tozu Üçlüsü”, sonraki altı maç boyunca spora hakim oldu
In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow, Georgia organizatörü Tom Law'u Wichita'ya taşınmaya ikna etti, Kansas ve gelecekteki güreş gösterileri için bölgeyi geliştirin. American Midwest, Altın Tozu Üçlüsü için önemli bir gelir kaynağı olacak, Sandow'un Dünya Şampiyonu Ed ile liderlik ettiği “Strangler” Lewis ve tanıtım dehası Joseph “Toots” Mondt, 1920'lerde. Hukuk iki tane üretecek