Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tkrvui/Episode_1b3iy0.mp3Podcast: Jogar em nova janela | BaixarFoi Quase Real: Podcast da história do wrestling profissional, Episódio 1 – Gotch vs. Hack Episode Preview In this episode, I’ll be talking about the facts and myths around the two matches between Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt. During May 2016 after researching the men’s careers for the previous two years, I released Gotch
Quase 70 anos de idade, Stanislaus Zbyszko estreou no cinema em Night and the City (1950). Anunciado como Gregoroso, um lutador aposentado e pai do promotor de luta livre de Londres, Zbyszko exibiu suas habilidades de wrestling, mesmo em sua idade avançada, na cena característica do filme. O filme começa com um homem perseguindo Harry Fabian, um traficante de Londres sempre procurando
Em Maio 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins lutou contra o gigante Nouralah Hassan na cidade de Nova York. Born in Bulgaria during 1870, Hassan stood six feet, eight inches tall and weighed 331 libras. While Jenkins possessed superior wrestling skill, fans and reporters expected Hassan’s immense size to present problems for Jenkins. Promoters booked the men to wrestle at Madison Square Garden in
Na sexta-feira, Junho 29, 1883, fourteen wrestlers paid $50 to enter a two-day tournament for a $500 championship belt and $500 prize. Richard K. Fox, owner and publisher of the Police Gazette, put up the prize money and belt. Fox avidly supported the promotion of both professional boxing and professional wrestling. While fourteen men attempted to enter the tournament, Fox
Em agosto 4, 1939, Mort Henderson faleceu em Rochester, Nova Iorque em 60 anos de idade. Os fãs de luta livre provavelmente não se lembravam do nome Mort Henderson, mas sim de seu alter ego, a Marvel Mascarada original, ele salvou a versão de outono do 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament with the goal of
Quando Wladek Zbyszko viajou dos Estados Unidos para o Brasil para uma lucrativa turnê no bem desenvolvido circuito de luta livre profissional do Brasil, Zbyszko mal suspeitava que lutaria em sua primeira competição em quase vinte anos. Como seus colegas americanos, Lutadores profissionais brasileiros trabalharam juntos para fazer exibições emocionantes para os fãs. The Brazilian professional wrestlers occasionally wrestled a
No sábado, Abril 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 anos de idade, pulled off
Em outubro 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Scottish catch wrestler Dan McLeod. Burns and McLeod were two of the top three or four catch-as-catch-can wrestlers in the United States at the time. 1,200 fans attended the match held at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy
Taro Miyake originally came to prominence as a jiu jitsu expert fighting legitimate mixed styles contests with professional boxers and wrestlers. Miyake used the legitimate contests, most of which he won, to generate interest in jiu jitsu. Like many judo and jiu jitsu instructors, Miyake discovered how hard it was to make a sustainable income from martial arts instruction. Taro
George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, um 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only