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As the wrestler jumped off the mat, he grabbed the referee by the lapel with his good arm. “Why didn’t you stop it?” As Referee Siler tried to pull free, Duncan Ross’ seconds grabbed him and pulled him away. The men told Ross, “He can’t stop it. You have to submit.” Ross screamed, “I’m out of here.” As Ross walked
У 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Чэмпіён свету па барацьбе ў цяжкай вазе Рэд “Душыцель” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate
Станіслаў Збышка ездзіў у ЗША ў гг 1909 шукае матчу з прызнаным чэмпіёнам свету па барацьбе ў цяжкай вазе Фрэнкам Готчам. Каб прыйсці ў форму для гэтага спаборніцтва і будаваць чаканне тытульнага матчу, Zbyskzo аб’ездзіў большасць буйных гарадоў ЗША. During May 1910, Збышка прыбыў у св. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles
Сьнежня 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Душыцель” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Люіс “defeated” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but
У студзені 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Мэрыленд. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” і 210 фунты, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Другі,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. The Masked Marvel stormed
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. Вуліца. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum у чацвер, Сьнежня 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
У суботу, Студзеня 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “The Russian Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” і 224 фунты, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 фунты. Despite his smaller
Thiebaud or Theobald Bauer was a French wrestler, who specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Bauer arrived in America during 1875 with a dubious claim to the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. He would defend his title for 5 years until defeated by William Muldoon in 1880. If wrestling fans are familiar with Bauer at all, it is normally as the opponent
У чацвер, Лістапада 22, 1923, Вуліца. Прамоўтэр Луі Джон Контас размясціў спрэчную карту, увянчаную матчам паміж Джо Стэхерам і Дэнам Колавым, будучы балгарскі змагар. Карту пакрываў Джон Э. Wray, Спартыўны рэдактар St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Карта выклікала спрэчкі, таму што дзве найбуйнейшыя зоркі барацьбы рэкламаваліся, але не