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Broadcast enpresak ziren edukien bila ari telebistako lehen egunetan zehar. Filmak zaharragoak eta difusio enpresa ekoizpenak batzuk gain, kirol programazio-iturri telebista kateak askorentzat ziren. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Yusuf Ismail Estatu Batuetan sei hilabetez bakarrik aritu zen borrokan lehen seihilekoan 1898. Bere lehen partida esanguratsuan, falta zital batengatik deskalifikatu zuten. Bere beste partida esanguratsu bakarrean, eman zion Evani “Strangler” Lewis bere bizitzako jipoia. Hala ere, Estatu Batuetan egindako bira laburra kondaira bihurtu zen. Ismail sartu zen
On a Thursday night, Azaroa 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 libera. Hala ere, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
Joan den hilabeteko blog batean, Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard partida antolatzeko sustatzaileek izan zituzten zailtasunei buruz idatzi nuen. Hasiera batean Omaharako antolatu zen, Nebraska, Omahako Polizia Burua eta Polizia Komisarioa kezkatuta zeuden partida aldez aurretik antolatuta edo a “work”. Ez zuten nahi apustuzaleak erakusketan hartzea. Gertaera hori saihesteko, haiek
An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 St edizioa. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising a mail order course on Jujitsu from Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith was originally born in Scotland but was fascinated with demonstrations of Japanese Jujitsu (actually Judo) he saw in England. Smith traveled to Japan with a company and learned Judo reaching 1st degree
Frank Gotch, Humboldt abeletxean mutila, Iowa, garaitzeko litzateke George Hackenschmidt World Heavyweight Borroka txapelketa 1908. Garaipena hau eta bere ondorengo porrota “Hack” in the 1911 errebantxa zementatuta Gotch en lekua garai guztietako wrestlers handienetako bat bezala. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
Urtarrilaren On 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko was a skilled
Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugelek adierazpen bat egin zuen
Abenduaren on 13, 1920, Eta “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Hala ere, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud