Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum torstaina, Joulukuu 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
Lauantaina, Tammikuu 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Venäjän Lion” olisi voittaa “Kauhea Turk” säilyttää hänen mestaruus. Promoottorit valittu jättiläinen Medrali, joka oli 6’02” ja 224 kiloa, voittaa näennäisesti voittamaton Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt seisoi vain 5’09” pitkä ja painoi 209 kiloa. Despite his smaller
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Jälkeen 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Hän osallistui myös yhtenä
Thiebaud tai Theobald Bauer oli ranskalainen painija, joka on erikoistunut kreikkalais-roomalaiseen painiin. Bauer saapui Amerikkaan aikana 1875 jolla on kyseenalainen vaatimus kreikkalais-roomalaisen raskaansarjan painin maailmanmestaruudesta. Hän puolustaisi titteliään 5 vuotta, kunnes William Muldoon voitti vuonna 1880. Jospa painifaneille Bauer ylipäänsä ovat tuttuja, se on normaalisti kuin vastustaja
Torstaina, Marraskuu 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Yusuf Ismail only wrestled in the United States for six months in the first half of 1898. In his first significant match, he was disqualified for a vicious foul. In his only other significant match, he gave Evan “Strangler” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the
On a Thursday night, Marraskuu 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 kiloa. Kuitenkin, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they