Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
On December 13, 1920, Und “Würger” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Jedoch, 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
Evan “Würger” Lewis, auch als Evan Lewis “der Würger”, war ein Profi-Wrestler aus 1882 to 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” oder “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament
Martin “Bauer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Bauer” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 Pfund. In 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
Am January 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, a few American wrestlers had even claimed to be Nogert before
Im November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match between “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50
William Muldoon war die amtierende World Heavyweight Wrestling-Champion und ein bekannter physikalischer culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. Sullivan Geldgeber ihre Kämpfer in Form zu bringen. Sullivan war der amtierende World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Berufsboxkampf Meister. Er unterzeichnete einen Vertrag seinen härtesten Herausforderer zu treffen, Jake Kilrain, im Juli 1889. Sullivan gab er in einem schlechten Zustand war,
Am Dienstag, Februar 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast forderte in der Richmond Arena in Point Richmond den Weltmeister im Leichtgewichtsboxen Battling Nelson um Nelsons Titel heraus, Kalifornien. Der 28-jährige Nelson gewann den Titel, indem er den großartigen Joe Gans ausschaltete 1908. Boxexperten hatten nicht damit gerechnet, dass Wolgast Nelson besiegen würde, obwohl Wolgast 2011 eine Zeitungsentscheidung über Nelson getroffen hatte 1909. Experten
Am 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
Und “Würger” 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”
Stanislaus Zbyszko tourte durch die Vereinigten Staaten 1910 in Vorbereitung auf einen Titelkampf mit dem World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch später im Jahr. Seine Tour führte ihn nach St. Louis im Mai 29, 1910. Zbyszko sollte auf den hoch angesehenen Halbschwergewichts-Grappler Charley Olson treffen. Olson war ein erfahrener Wrestler, der bei St. trainierte. Louis-Ringer George