Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Evan “Worger” Lewis, ook genoem Evan Lewis “die worger”, was 'n professionele stoeier van 1882 te 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” of “hang hold”, wat moderne MMA-aanhangers as 'n guillotine-choke ken. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man toernooi
Martin “Boer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Boer” Burns was 'n groot stoeier in sy eie reg. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pond. In 1891, Burns as die Iowa Swaargewig Kampioen het op JC. Comstock, die Michigan Swaargewig Kampioen. J.C. Comstock was
Januarie 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, 'n paar Amerikaanse stoeiers het selfs voorheen beweer dat hulle Nogert is
In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times verslaggewer Billy Murphy het 'n onderhoud met St. Louis-stoeipromotor John Contos. Murphy het aan Contos voorgestel dat die era van dominante stoeiers soos William Muldoon verby is. Murphy het gepraat oor die onlangse wedstryd tussen “Wêreldkampioen” Hardneck Phillips en die spelaanspraakmaker Webster O'Malley. Phillips het sy kampioenskap suksesvol verdedig deur O'Malley agterna te gooi 1 hour, 50
William Muldoon was die heersende Wêreld Swaargewig Stoei Kampioen en 'n bekende fisiese kultuer, toe Muldoon deur John L. Sullivan se ondersteuners om hul vegter in vorm te kry. Sullivan was die heersende Wêreld Swaargewig Kaal Knuckle-prysvegkampioen. Hy het 'n ooreenkoms onderteken om sy moeilikste uitdager te ontmoet, Jake Kilrain, in Julie 1889. Sullivan het erken hy was in 'n slegte toestand,
Op Oktober 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
En “Worger” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Op April 3, 1908, Amerikaanse Wrestling Kampioen Frank Gotch ontmoet World Wrestling Kampioen George Hackenschmidt vir die Wêreldbeker-titel by Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 jaar. Gotch was 'n jaar ouer, maar word as 'n opkoms beskou. Aanhangers en verslaggewers wat die sport dek, het Gotch beskou
Op Dinsdag, Maart 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 en 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.