Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
William Muldoon ay ang reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion at isang nabanggit pisikal culturist, nang si Muldoon ay nakipagtipan kay John L. ni Sullivan backers upang makuha ang kanilang fighter sa hugis. Sullivan ay ang reigning World Heavyweight hubad buko paglaban para sa pera Champion. Siya naka-sign ng isang kasunduan upang matugunan ang kanyang toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, sa Hulyo 1889. Sullivan pinapapasok siya ay nasa masamang hugis,
Sa Martes, Pebrero 22, 1910, Hinamon ni Ad Wolgast ang World Lightweight Boxing Champion na si Nelson para sa titulo ni Nelson sa Richmond Arena sa Point Richmond, Kalipornya. Napanalunan ng 28-anyos na si Nelson ang titulo sa pamamagitan ng pag-knockout sa mahusay na Joe Gans 1908. Hindi inaasahan ng mga eksperto sa boksing na si Wolgast ay matatalo si Nelson kahit na si Wolgast ay may hawak na desisyon sa pahayagan laban kay Nelson 1909. Pundits
Noong Oktubre 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
At “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”
Si Stanislaus Zbyszko ay naglibot sa Estados Unidos sa 1910 bilang paghahanda para sa isang title match kay World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch sa bandang huli ng taon. Dinala siya ng kanyang paglilibot sa St. Louis noong Mayo 29, 1910. Si Zbyszko ay nakatakdang makipagkita sa mataas na itinuturing na light heavyweight grappler na si Charley Olson. Si Olson ay isang bihasang wrestler, na nagsanay sa St. Louis wrestler na si George
Sa Abril 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 taon. Si Gotch ay isang taon na mas matanda ngunit itinuturing na isang up and comer. Ang mga tagahanga at reporter na sumasaklaw sa isport ay itinuturing na Gotch
Sa Martes, Marso 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 at 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.
Noong Nobyembre 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). Sa ganitong film, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Mrs. Stack suspects Dr. Jannery, who operates her hospital, of negligence in the death of
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, na naging 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Sa kasamaang-palad, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Madalas kong natagpuan ang pinakamalaking hamon sa pagsasaliksik ng maagang propesyonal na pakikipagbuno ay ang paghihiwalay ng katotohanan mula sa fiction. Kahit na ang mga wrestler ay nakikipagkumpitensya sa mga lehitimong laban, madalas nilang pinalaki ang mga kinalabasan, bumuo ng apokripal na alamat sa paligid ng kanilang mga tagumpay at gumawa ng mga haka-haka na kuwento upang ipaliwanag ang kanilang mga pagkatalo. Ang propesyonal na pakikipagbuno ay sumibol mula sa mga karnabal at pinanatili ang mga instinct na pang-promosyon ng sining na ito. St.