Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
From late 1921 kwa 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Hata hivyo, Contos decided to leave promotion to focus on managing the career of budding star Dan Kolov. Prior to leaving St. Louis, Contos sold the promotion to Tom Packs, his nephew and assistant in the promotion. Packs’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Januari 4, 1924.
When discussing Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign from 1921 kwa 1922, the main reason given for taking the title from him was that his title reign was a box office failure. Do the numbers validate this belief? Prior to wining the championship, Zbyszko wrestled former champion Joe Stecher at the 71st Regiment Armory in front of 7,000 fans. In 1915, the
Wakati William Muldoon alistaafu kama Bingwa wa Mieleka wa Uzani wa Juu wa Greco-Roman katika 1889, hakukuwa na mrithi tayari wa ubingwa. Evan “Strangler” Lewis alikuwa mwanamieleka bora zaidi nchini Marekani asiyeitwa William Muldoon lakini utaalam wake ulikuwa ni mieleka ya kukamata kama mtu.. Mpiganaji bora wa Marekani wa Greco-Roman, Clarence Whistler, alikufa huko Australia wakati 1885. Mrithi aliyechaguliwa kwa mkono wa Muldoon alikuwa mzaliwa wa Ujerumani
Joe Stecher alianza 1915, mwaka wa kutisha kwa kazi yake, kwa ushindi dhidi ya Adolph Ernst. Ernst alishindana kwa jina Otto Carpenter kwa mechi hii lakini alijulikana kwa mashabiki wa mieleka kama Ad Santel.. Santel alikuwa na sifa anayostahili ya kuwa mkatili “hooker”, mpiga mieleka mwenye ujuzi wa kuwasilisha. Stecher alikuwa Nebraskan mwenye umri wa miaka 22, aliyefanya
Bingwa wa Dunia wa Mieleka ya Uzito Mzito Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled hundreds of legitimate wrestling matches with Joseph “Toots” Mondt over the years. During conversations with his young protégé, Lou Thesz, Lewis said he only had to worry about losing to two wrestlers in his long career. Only Mondt and Stanislaus Zbyszko had a chance of defeating him in a legitimate contest. Moja
On Sunday, Desemba 14, 1924, “Big” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt in the main event of the wrestling card at the Kansas City, Missouri, Convention Hall. 10,000 fans showed up to cheer on Munn, a former college football player for the University of Nebraska. Munn was billed at 6’06”, which may have been an exaggeration but he was significantly
The biggest American pro wrestling match of the 19th Century occurred on April 21, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Martin “Mkulima” Burns. The 34-year-olds were both skilled with “kulabu” or submission holds making them the top of the food chain in legitimate professional wrestling. Lewis had been undisputed champion since 1893
Aprili 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, in Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans considered Mahmout a tough challenger primarily because they had not seen him wrestle. Emil Klank, Gotch’s manager, iliwashawishi wapiganaji wa kigeni wenye sifa nzuri kama Mahmout na Stanislaus Zbyszko kusafiri hadi Amerika ili kuwapa changamoto Gotch.. Mashabiki
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg alitengeneza vichwa vya habari 1917 wakati wa kesi juu ya kukataa kwake kutimiza ahadi ya mieleka huko Boston mnamo Machi 1917. Aberg alikubali kupigana na Wladek Zbyszko, mpinzani wake mkuu wakati wa 1915 Mashindano ya Kimataifa ya Mieleka ya New York, kwa promota wa Boston George Touhey. Hata hivyo, Aberg alijiondoa kwenye pambano hilo muda mfupi baada ya kusaini makubaliano ya kumenyana na yake
After marrying his wife Gladys and beating Georg Hackenschmidt a second time, both in 1911, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch began to wrestle a more limited schedule. His wife Gladys was not a big fan of wrestling and wanted her new husband to spend more time at home in Humboldt, Iowa. In the world of wrestling at the time,