Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
I’ve written in the past that Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce by Marcus Griffin is a problematic source. While Griffin has insider knowledge due to his time in the Buffalo promotional office in the 1930s, he wrote the book for the purpose of revenge against the promoters who fired him. The book contains factual information mixed in with interesting
James Hiram McLaughlin holds the distinction of being the first American professional wrestler. While people wrestled professionally before McLaughlin, he was the first to earn a professional living from wrestling. McLaughlin began wrestling professionally in 1860 en 16 years of age but the Civil War interrupted his career for a few years. McLaughlin began wrestling again in 1866. Por 1877,
En julio 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Aunque Georges Carpentier
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
En julio 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “Agricultor” 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 years of age,
Recientemente tuve el honor de ser invitado en el podcast de The Martial Culture. El entrenador Rene Driefuss y Matt Peters fueron excelentes anfitriones. Realmente disfruté mi tiempo en su podcast.. Hablamos de uno de mis libros, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: Los combates que hicieron y destruyeron la legítima lucha libre profesional estadounidense en particular. Sin embargo, hablamos en general de la historia
Desde su aparición como deporte de espectadores en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, Los promotores y luchadores estaban bajo una nube de sospechas de que estaban trabajando en sus combates.. Mientras que la lucha libre profesional eventualmente consistiría casi exclusivamente en exhibiciones escenificadas, muchos, si no la mayoría, de los partidos fueron competencia legítima antes de 1915. Los promotores y luchadores hicieron grandes
En mayo 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
In early 1915, Sam Rachmann promovió el Torneo Internacional de Lucha Libre de Nueva York con la intención de reemplazar al campeón mundial de lucha libre retirado Frank Gotch.. Rachmann creía que nadie podría derrotar a Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, El sucesor elegido por Rachmann de Gotch, en la lucha grecorromana. El desafío de Rachmann fue atrapar como atrapar lata era el estilo de lucha dominante en Estados Unidos.. Para sortear este desafío, Rachmann contrató internacional
In 1922, El futuro campeón mundial de lucha libre Jim Browning comenzó su carrera en Kansas.. Browning se mudó de su ciudad natal de Verona, Missouri in 1921 entrenar para una carrera de lucha libre profesional. Tom Law, la Wichita, Promotor de Kansas, supervisó la formación de Browning. By May 1923, Browning ya estaba en el evento principal en espectáculos más pequeños.. En un Augusta, Tarjeta de Kansas, Browning luchó