Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
John “Tigermand” Sand kæmpede med flere “shoot” kampe i løbet af “arbejdet” æra af 1920'erne. By this time, Amerikanske professionelle wrestlere samarbejdede med hinanden for at spille spændende kampe for fansene. Resultaterne blev forudbestemt af initiativtagere og ledere. Legitime konkurrencer el “skud” var sjældne. Da de opstod, det var normalt for at bilægge en tvist mellem initiativtagere eller en
At the end of 1905, Fred Beell var på rejse i Amerika og hyggede sig med en kamp med den tidligere amerikanske Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Beell var en tidligere amerikansk Heavyweight Wrestling Champion efter at have besejret Frank Gotch i en “arbejdet” kamp i New Orleans i december 1903. Han mistede titlen tilbage til Gotch et par uger senere. dygtige brydere, Jenkins og Beell
Joe Stecher og John “Tigermand” Pesek var legitime brydere i en primært “arbejdet” æra, hvor kampene var forudbestemt, medmindre nogen besluttede at dobbeltkrydse den anden wrestler eller promotor ved at gøre kampen til en legitim konkurrence. Dobbeltkryds virkede kun, hvis bryderen lovligt kunne vinde kampen. John Pesek kunne ikke lide brydningens arbejde og vendte sig ofte
As the wrestler jumped off the mat, he grabbed the referee by the lapel with his good arm. “Why didn’t you stop it?” As Referee Siler tried to pull free, Duncan Ross’ seconds grabbed him and pulled him away. The men told Ross, “He can’t stop it. You have to submit.” Ross screamed, “I’m out of here.” As Ross walked
I 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate
Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles
Den December 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “besejret” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but
Den January 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a
I januar 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” og 210 pounds, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Andet,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. The Masked Marvel stormed