Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
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
V 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Mistr světa v těžké váze Ed “Strangler” 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
Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles
Prosince 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “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
V lednu 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” a 210 liber, “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. Druhý,
(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
Když se Billy Sandow a Ed Lewis rozhodli, že vládě Stanislause Zbyszka došly propagační síly., se rozhodli “win” vrátit titul v březnu 1922. St. Louis promotér John Contos dokázal zajistit velkou odvetu, ke kterému by došlo u kostela sv. Louis Coliseum ve čtvrtek, Prosinec 14, 1922. By this time, Americký profesionální wrestling mimo
V sobotu, Leden 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt obhájil řecko-římský World Wrestling Championship proti Ahmed Medrali. “Ruská Lion” bude muset porazit “Hrozný Turek” udržet jeho šampionát. Pořadatelé vybrali obří Medrali, který byl 6’02” a 224 liber, porazit zdánlivě neporazitelný Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stál pouze 5’09” vysoký a vážil 209 liber. Despite his smaller
Thiebaud nebo Theobald Bauer byl francouzský zápasník, který se specializoval na řecko-římský zápas. Bauer dorazil do Ameriky během 1875 s pochybným nárokem na mistrovství světa v řecko-římském zápase v těžké váze. Obhájil by svůj titul za 5 let až do porážky Williamem Muldoonem v 1880. Jestli fanoušci wrestlingu Bauera vůbec znají, je to normálně jako oponent
Ve čtvrtek, Listopad 22, 1923, St. Louis promotér John Contos hostil kontroverzní kartu završenou zápasem mezi Joe Stecherem a Danem Kolovem, nadějný bulharský zápasník. Kartu zakryl John E. Wray, sportovní redaktor pro St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Karta byla kontroverzní, protože dvě největší hvězdy wrestlingu byly inzerovány, ale ne