লেখক: Ken Zimmerman Jr.

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, যারা ছিল 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. <বিঘত bbox_x = "354" bbox_y = "2210" bbox_w = "85" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = ", he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. <বিঘত bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "2094" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = ".

ডিসেম্বর 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able

<বিঘত bbox_x = "244" bbox_y = "1148" bbox_w = "74" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = ", ফেব্রুয়ারী 7, 1887, ইভান “<বিঘত bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "2015" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = "” লুইস এবং “লিটল দৈত্য” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, ইলিনয়. It would be the first of several exhibition bouts between the men. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to

This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. এই পর্বে, I discuss what Evan “কষ্টের” <বিঘত bbox_x = "745" bbox_y = "1211" bbox_w = "36" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "210" নীল = "31" আলফা = "’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. <বিঘত bbox_x = "289" bbox_y = "724" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = ", several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. <বিঘত bbox_x = "745" bbox_y = "1211" bbox_w = "36" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "210" নীল = "31" আলফা = "