საბრძოლო სპორტის ისტორიკოსი და საბრძოლო არტისტი
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
იუსუფ ისმაილმა შეერთებულ შტატებში მხოლოდ ექვსი თვის განმავლობაში იჭიდავა პირველ ნახევარში 1898. თავის პირველ მნიშვნელოვან მატჩში, ის დისკვალიფიცირებული იყო სასტიკი ჯარიმისთვის. მის ერთადერთ სხვა მნიშვნელოვან მატჩში, მან ევანს მისცა “Strangler” ლუისი მისი ცხოვრების ცემა. თუმცა შეერთებულ შტატებში მისმა მოკლე ტურნემ ის ლეგენდად აქცია. ისმაილი შევიდა
On a Thursday night, ნოემბერი 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 ფუნტი. However, 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
გასულ თვეში ბლოგ პოსტში, მე დავწერე იმ სირთულეების შესახებ, რომლებიც პრომოუტერებს ჰქონდათ ჯო სტეჩერისა და ჯეს ვესტერგარდის მატჩის დადგმისას. თავდაპირველად დაგეგმილი იყო ომაჰაში, Nebraska, ომაჰას პოლიციის უფროსი და პოლიციის კომისარი შეშფოთებულნი იყვნენ მატჩის წინასწარ შეთანხმებით ან ა “work”. მათ არ სურდათ, რომ აზარტული მოთამაშეები გამოფენაზე მიეღოთ. ამ შემთხვევის თავიდან ასაცილებლად, მათ
An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 გამოცემა წმინდა. 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, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” იმ 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
წლის 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. Kugel issued a statement to
წლის 13, 1920, და “Strangler” ლუისმა დაამარცხა ჯო სტეჩერი მძიმე წონაში ჭიდაობის მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატისთვის. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. However, 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