Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Em dezembro de 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann
Monte Attell era o irmão mais novo do campeão mundial de boxe peso pena Abe Attell. Monte sempre estaria preso na sombra de seu irmão mais velho, mas era um lutador talentoso por direito próprio. Monte iria ganhar o Campeonato Mundial de Boxe Peso galo durante sua carreira e se estabelecer como um lutador de classe mundial. Em 1904, ele era um jovem promissor de 19 anos
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released After The Thin Man (1936), the sequel to the popular Thin Man (1934), on Christmas Day 1936. The film is one of 14 films William Powell and Myrna Loy made together. Powell and Loy play Dashiell Hammet’s characters Nick and Nora Charles respectively. Nick Charles formerly worked as a private detective before marrying the wealthy heiress Nora.
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, in Gotch’s last
This week’s post is to finish up the story of the double cross involving Dick Shikat and Danno O’Mahony. The origins for the double cross actually began in a match with Ed “Strangler” Lewis in Madison Square Garden on June 9, 1932. While this match was a prearranged exhibition, the wrestlers had been in discussion about Lewis dropping the belt
Durante sua primeira corrida como campeão mundial de boxe peso pena, Abe Attell morava em St.. Louis, Missouri. Além de ter seu acampamento em St.. Louis, Attell defendeu seu título diversas vezes em St.. Louis’ Clube Atlético de West End. At the time, St. Louis era a maior cidade a oeste do rio Mississippi nos Estados Unidos. Nascido Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Roberto” Fitzsimmons era um boxeador inglês, que venceu o indiscutível peso médio, campeonatos mundiais de peso pesado e meio-pesado, na virada do século XX. Muitas vezes confundido com um australiano porque começou sua carreira no boxe lá, Fitzsimmons viajou para os Estados Unidos em 1890 fazer campanha pelo campeonato dos médios. Fitzsimmons ficou logo abaixo 6 pés de altura, mas
Fritz Lang fez um de seus filmes iniciais de crime em 1922. Ele dirigiu o Dr.. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922), que decorreu cerca de quatro horas e trinta minutos. Conta a história do Dr.. Mabuse, professor de psicanálise. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple
Em Maio 21, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament began in New York. Samuel Rachman promoted the event as a way to showcase European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman believed Aberg was the natural successor to World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, who retired in 1913. On the first day of the tournament, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
The April 12, 1887 edição do St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Demónio pequeno” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 libras, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been