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Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, who was 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. За жал, 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. St.
Од јануари 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Том Ален е роден во Бирмингем, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. Во 1867, Allen moved to St. Louis, the largest city west of the Mississippi. Allen never left and would use St. Louis as his home base to train for prizefights. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be
На декември 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
On Tuesday, Ноември 18, 1884, Светскиот шампион во тешка категорија во борба со голи зглобови Џон Л. Саливен се бореше со Ал Гринфилд во Медисон Сквер Гарден во Њујорк. Саливан требаше да совлада повеќе од само противникот во оваа борба. Мажите првично се согласија да се борат во понеделник, Ноември 17, 1884, но властите на Њујорк им се заканија на мажите со апсење. Кавгата со
Во понеделник, Февруари 7, 1887, Еван “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. 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. In this episode, I discuss what Evan “На Strangler” Луис’ hold would be called today. Главна содржина – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Сепак, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Луис
Во петокот, Март 13, 1891, Џејк Килрејн се бореше со Џорџ Годфри во атлетскиот клуб Калифорнија во Сан Франциско, Калифорнија. Мажите се бореа за трофеј и $5,000. Мажите влегоа во рингот во 9:52 вечер. Вилијам Muldoon, поранешен светски шампион во борење во тешка категорија, упатени Kilrain, кој Muldoon тренирал за оваа борба. Мулдун го тренираше противникот на Килејн, Џон Л. Саливан, за нивните 1889
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 да се 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn developed the talents of the young champion and helped him