Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Þegar Billy Sandow og Ed Lewis ákváðu að titilveldi Stanislaus Zbyszko væri að verða uppiskroppa með kynningar., þeir ákváðu það “vinna” baka titilinn í mars 1922. St. John Contos, framherji Louis, gat tryggt sér stóra umspilið, sem átti sér stað á St. Louis Coliseum á fimmtudaginn, Desember 14, 1922. By this time, Bandarísk atvinnuglíma fyrir utan
Á laugardag, Janúar 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “The Russian Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” og 224 £, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 £. Despite his smaller
Á mars nótt í San Francisco, þungavigtar keppinautur Marvin Hart reyndist hreint árásargirni gæti stundum vinna ákvörðun. Eftir 20 umferðir box, Dómarinn Greggains, eina dómari, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart hitti Johnson mars 28, 1905. Johnson inn hringinn og betri uppáhalds. He also entered as one of
Thiebaud eða Theobald Bauer var franskur glímukappi, sem sérhæfði sig í grísk-rómverskri glímu. Bauer kom til Ameríku á meðan 1875 með vafasama tilkall til heimsmeistaramótsins í grísk-rómversku þungavigt. Hann myndi verja titil sinn fyrir 5 ár þar til William Muldoon sigraði í 1880. Ef glímuaðdáendur kannast yfirhöfuð við Bauer, það er venjulega sem andstæðingurinn
Á fimmtudaginn, Nóvember 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-Sending. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
Broadcast fyrirtæki voru að leita að efni á árdaga sjónvarps. Að auki eldri kvikmyndir og sumir útvarpsþáttur fyrirtæki framleiðsla, íþróttir voru uppspretta forritun fyrir mörgum sjónvarpsstöðva. 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
Á fimmtudagskvöld, Nóvember 25, 1909, Heimurinn Glíma Champion Frank Gotch hitti Polish glímukappi Stanislaus Zbyszko fyrir fötlun leik í Buffalo, New York. Gotch samþykkt að sleppa bardagann ef hann gæti ekki kasta Zbyszko tvisvar í klukkutíma. Stærð Zbyszko og styrkur búið vandamál fyrir Gotch, sem vó 190 pund til Zbyszko er 260 £. Þó, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. 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