Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Sa December 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
Si Monte Attell ay ang nakababatang kapatid ng World Featherweight Boxing Champion na si Abe Attell. Si Monte ay palaging nananatili sa anino ng kanyang nakatatandang kapatid ngunit isang mahuhusay na manlalaban sa kanyang sariling karapatan. Si Monte ay mananalo sa World Bantamweight Boxing Championship sa panahon ng kanyang karera at itatag ang kanyang sarili bilang isang world class fighter. Sa 1904, siya ay isang 19 na taong gulang up-and-coming
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 ni noong nakaraang
Ang post sa linggong ito ay upang tapusin ang kwento ng dobleng krus na kinasasangkutan nina Dick Shikat at Danno O’Mahony. Ang mga pinagmulan para sa dobleng krus talaga ay nagsimula sa isang tugma kay Ed “Strangler” Lewis sa Madison Square Garden noong Hunyo 9, 1932. Habang ang tugma na ito ay isang prearranged exhibition, ang mga namumuno ay napag-usapan tungkol sa pagbagsak ni Lewis ng sinturon
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Ilog ng Misuri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. At the time, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons was an English boxer, who won the undisputed middleweight, heavyweight and light heavyweight world championships, at the turn of the 20th Century. Often mistaken for an Australian because he started his boxing career there, Fitzsimmons traveled to the United States in 1890 to campaign for the middleweight championship. Fitzsimmons stood just under 6 feet tall but
Fritz Lang ginawa isa sa kanyang mga unang bahagi ng krimen pelikula sa 1922. Nakadirekta Siya Dr. Mabuse: Gambler Ang (1922), kung saan tumatakbo ang humigit-kumulang na apat na oras at tatlumpung minuto. Sinasabi nito ang kuwento ng Dr. Mabuse, isang propesor ng saykoanalisis. Siya din ang nangunguna ng isang kriminal na ring sa magkaroon ng amag ng Professor Moriarty mula sa serye Sherlock Holmes. In his multiple
Sa Mayo 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 edisyon ng St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 pounds, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been