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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
Í 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Heimsmeistari í þungavigt í glímu 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
Á Desember 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum til að horfa á endurleik núverandi heimsmeistara í þungavigt, Ed “Strangler” Lewis og fyrrum meistari Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “ósigur” Zbyszko fyrir titilinn í Wichita, Kansas í mars 1922. Óþekkt hjá þessum aðdáendum, planið var að Zbyszko myndi tapa leiknum fyrir Lewis en
Í janúar 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” og 210 £, “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. Annað,
(Þessi færsla er tilraun úr nýjustu bókinni minni Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Brellan sem bjargaði 1915 Alþjóðlegt glímumót fáanlegt á Amazon.) Haustútgáfan af 1915 Alþjóðlega glímumótið átti í erfiðleikum með aðsókn og áhuga, þegar verkefnisstjórinn Sam Rachmann vann kynningargull með því að kynna grímuklæddan glímumann í mótið sitt. The Masked Marvel stormaði
Þegar Billy Sandow og Ed Lewis ákváðu að titilveldi Stanislaus Zbyszko væri að verða uppiskroppa með kynningar., þeir ákváðu það “vinna” baka titilinn í mars 1922. St. John Contos, framherji Louis, gat tryggt sér stóra umspilið, sem átti sér stað á St. Louis Coliseum á fimmtudaginn, Desember 14, 1922. By this time, Bandarísk atvinnuglíma fyrir utan
Á laugardag, Janúar 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” og 224 £, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 £. Despite his smaller
Thiebaud eða Theobald Bauer var franskur glímukappi, sem sérhæfði sig í grísk-rómverskri glímu. Bauer kom til Ameríku á meðan 1875 með vafasama tilkall til heimsmeistaramótsins í grísk-rómversku þungavigt. Hann myndi verja titil sinn fyrir 5 ár þar til William Muldoon sigraði í 1880. Ef glímuaðdáendur kannast yfirhöfuð við Bauer, það er venjulega sem andstæðingurinn
Á fimmtudaginn, Nóvember 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Sending. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t