Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Joulukuun 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis voitti Joe Stecherin hänen raskaansarjan paininsa maailmanmestaruudesta. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Kuitenkin, 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 “Strangler” Lewis, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 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” tai “hang hold”, jonka nykyaikaiset MMA-fanit tuntevat giljotiinikuristimena. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 miesturnaus
Räystäspääsky “Viljelijä” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Viljelijä” Burns oli loistava painija omassa oikeassa. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 kiloa. Sisään 1891, Burns Iowa Heavyweight Champion otti JC. Comstock, Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
Tammikuu 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, muutamat amerikkalaiset painijat olivat jopa väittäneet olevansa Nogert ennen
In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Timesin toimittaja Billy Murphy haastatteli St. Louis-painin promoottori John Contos. Murphy ehdotti Contosille, että William Muldoonin kaltaisten hallitsevien painijoiden aikakausi oli ohi. Murphy puhui äskettäisestä ottelusta “Maailmanmestari” Hardneck Phillips ja pelin haastaja Webster O'Malley. Phillips puolusti mestaruuttaan onnistuneesti heittämällä O'Malleyn perään 1 hour, 50
William Muldoon was the reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a noted physical culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. Sullivan’s backers to get their fighter in shape. Sullivan was the reigning World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. He signed an agreement to meet his toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, in July 1889. Sullivan admitted he was in bad shape,
Tiistaina, Helmikuu 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast haastoi kevyen nyrkkeilyn maailmanmestarin, joka taistelee Nelsonin mestaruudesta Richmond Arenalla Point Richmondissa, Kalifornia. 28-vuotias Nelson voitti mestaruuden tyrmäyttämällä mahtavan Joe Gansin 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits
Lokakuun 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
Ed “Strangler” 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 kiersi Yhdysvalloissa vuonna 1910 valmistautuessaan mestaruusotteluun raskaansarjan painin maailmanmestarin Frank Gotchin kanssa myöhemmin tänä vuonna. Hänen kiertueensa toi hänet St. Louis toukokuussa 29, 1910. Zbyszkon oli määrä tavata arvostettu kevyen raskaansarjan grappler Charley Olson. Olson oli taitava painija, joka harjoitteli St. Louisin painija George