Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
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 kjempet bare i USA i seks måneder i første halvdel av 1898. I sin første betydningsfulle kamp, han ble diskvalifisert for en ond foul. I hans eneste andre viktige kamp, ga han Evan “Strangler” Lewis livets juling. Likevel gjorde hans korte omvisning i USA ham til en legende. Ismail kom inn i
On a Thursday night, November 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 pounds. However, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. 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
I et blogginnlegg forrige måned, Jeg skrev om vanskeligheter arrangørene hadde med å iscenesette Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard-kampen. Opprinnelig planlagt til Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha politimester og politikommisjonær var bekymret for at kampen ble forhåndsplanlagt eller a “arbeid”. De ønsket ikke at spillere ble tatt inn av utstillingen. For å forhindre denne forekomsten, de
En annonse ble skrevet ut i januar 16, 1921 utgave av St. Louis Post-Dispatch annonserer et postordrekurs på Jujitsu fra Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith ble opprinnelig født i Skottland, men var fascinert av demonstrasjoner av japansk Jujitsu (faktisk Judo) så han i England. Smith reiste til Japan med et selskap og lærte at Judo nådde 1. grad
Frank Gotch, gården gutt fra Humboldt, Iowa, ville beseire George Hackenschmidt for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i 1908. Denne seieren og hans påfølgende nederlag “Hack” i 1911 omkamp sementert Gotch sin plass som en av de største brytere i all tid. Gotch var en svært talentfull fotballspiller, men han var ikke den ubeseirede wunderkind av legende. Gotch
Januar 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
Desember 13, 1920, Og “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. 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