Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. 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 só loitou nos Estados Unidos durante seis meses na primeira metade de 1898. No seu primeiro partido significativo, foi descualificado por unha falta cruel. No seu único outro partido significativo, deulle a Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis a malleira da súa vida. Con todo, a súa pequena xira polos Estados Unidos converteuno nunha lenda. Ismail entrou no
On a Thursday night, Novembro 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 libras. Porén, 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
Nunha entrada no blog o mes pasado, Escribín sobre a dificultade que tiveron os promotores para organizar o partido Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard. Orixinalmente programado para Omaha, Nebraska, o Xefe de Policía de Omaha e o Comisionado de Policía estaban preocupados polo feito de que o partido se fixera previamente ou a “work”. Non querían que os xogadores fosen acollidos pola exposición. Para evitar que se produza, eles
Un anuncio foi impreso en xaneiro 16, 1921 edición do St. Louis Post-Dispatch anunciando un curso de pedidos por correo sobre Jujitsu do capitán. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith naceu orixinalmente en Escocia pero estaba fascinado coas demostracións de Jujitsu xaponés (en realidade Judo) viu en Inglaterra. Smith viaxou a Xapón cunha empresa e aprendeu Judo chegando ao 1º grao
Frank Gotch, o neno de Facenda de Humboldt, Iowa, derrotaría George Hackenschmidt ao Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight en 1908. Esta vitoria e súa derrota posterior de “Cabeza” no 1911 desquite cimentou o lugar de Gotch como un dos maiores loitadores de todos os tempos. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
En xaneiro de 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 era un hábil
O xefe de policía de Omaha H.W. Dunn creou titulares en marzo 28, 1915, cando emitiu unha orde prohibindo o anunciado combate de loita libre profesional entre Joe Stecher e Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 partido estaba programado para o Auditorio de Omaha. O xefe ditou efectivamente a orde a instancias do superintendente de Policía A.C. Kugel. Kugel emitiu unha declaración a
En decembro de 13, 1920, E “Estrangulador” Lewis derrotou a Joe Stecher polo seu World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Porén, 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