საბრძოლო სპორტის ისტორიკოსი და საბრძოლო არტისტი
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
In 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, მსოფლიო მძიმე წონაში ჭიდაობის ჩემპიონი ედ “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
წლის 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
იანვარში 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” და 210 ფუნტი, “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. მეორე,
(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. წმინდა. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. ლუის კოლიზეუმი ხუთშაბათს, დეკემბერი 14, 1922. ამ დროს, American professional wrestling outside of
შაბათი, იანვარი 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” და 224 ფუნტი, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 ფუნტი. Despite his smaller
ტიბო ან თეობალდ ბაუერი იყო ფრანგი მოჭიდავე, რომელიც სპეციალიზირებული იყო ბერძნულ-რომაულ ჭიდაობაში. ბაუერი ამერიკაში ჩავიდა 1875 საეჭვო პრეტენზიით ბერძნულ-რომაული სტილით მძიმე წონაში ჭიდაობის მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატზე. ის დაიცავდა თავის ტიტულს 5 წლები უილიამ მულდუნთან დამარცხებამდე 1880. თუ ჭიდაობის მოყვარულები ბაუერს საერთოდ იცნობენ, ეს ჩვეულებრივ მოწინააღმდეგეა
ხუთშაბათი, ნოემბერი 22, 1923, წმინდა. ლუისის პრომოუტერმა ჯონ კონტოსმა საკამათო ბარათი უმასპინძლა ჯო სტეჩერსა და დენ კოლოვის მატჩს., მომავალი ბულგარელი მოჭიდავე. ბარათი დაფარული იყო ჯონ ე. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t