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This week’s post is a confession of sorts. Għal snin, I have written that Frank Gotch was the only wrestler to defeat Stanislaus Zbyszko during his initial tour of America between 1909 u 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Volum 1: 1875 li 1939; The Battle for New York – Works, Shootes and Double Crosses (link affiljat) minn
Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Traġikament, promoters filmed the biggest matches of the 1910s and 1920s including the second Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt match, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne “Big” Munn, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match
Waħda mir-rakkonti leġġendarji dwar Joe Stecher tikkonċerna kompetizzjoni leġittima li kellu ma’ wieħed minn Martin “Farmer” Ħruq wrestlers, meta Stecher bilkemm kien barra mill-iskola sekondarja. Burns sema’ dwar ir-reputazzjoni dejjem tikber ta’ Stecher u ddeċieda li jittestjah ma’ wieħed mill-wrestlers tiegħu. Għal snin, Ħsibt li Stecher għeleb lil Yusif Mahmout iżda fil-fatt ġġieled lil Yussif Hussane. Il-
Edwin Bibby u Duncan C. Ross stabbilixxa l-ewwel kampjonat rikonoxxut tal-lotta professjonali fl-Istati Uniti f'Jannar 19, 1881. L-irġiel iġġieldu stil catch-as-catch-can għall-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight. William Muldoon kien iċ-Champion Dinji tal-Piż Tqil ibbażat fuq it-telfa tiegħu kontra Thiebaud Bauer fi 1880. Andre Christol ġab it-Titolu Dinji fl-Istati Uniti fl-
Fil-ktieb tiegħu Hooker, Lou Thesz kiteb dwar ir-rivalità bejn żewġ wrestlers favoriti tiegħu, Joe Stecher u Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Stecher u Lewis kienu joħorġu bħala l-aqwa żewġ wrestlers professjonali leġittimi tal-1910s. Jew raġel jista’ jegħleb lil kull wrestler ieħor dak iż-żmien f’kompetizzjoni leġittima jew “shoot”. L-irġiel iġġieldu tlieta twal, kompetizzjonijiet boring
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. Fis-snin tletin, promoters would enter into agreements with each other but they were often fleeting. When one promoter got offended, thought
Fuq Novembru 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
Fil 1899, Martin “Farmer” 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
Min hu l-akbar wrestler professjonali leġittimu li jiġġieled fl-Istati Uniti? How do you determine it when wrestlers “worked” or cooperated with each other in matches since the sports emergence in the 1860s? . I examined the records and stories around the American, British, Polish, and Turkish wrestlers, who wrestled in the United States between 1870 u 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