Zgodovinar borilnih športov in borilni umetnik
Objave o rokoborcih 20. stoletja, rokoborske tekme, in filmi o rokoborbi.
Ponedeljek, Junij 25, 1934, current World Champion Jim Browning defended his world title against Jim Londos. Browning dropped the title to Londos in a match to end the promotional war which led to the double-crosses of the early 1930s. 20,000 fans crowded into Madison Square Garden to see the match leading to a $40,000 gate. Jack Curley enjoyed a
Januarja 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg defended his AWA World Title, based in the Boston promotion of Paul Bowser, in Boston Arena against former world champion Joe Stecher. Two minutes of film survived from the hour-long match. Gus Sonnenberg traded on his celebrity as a professional football player to become a wrestling star. Sonnenberg helped the Providence Steam Roller win
On Memorial Day, Lahko 30, 1925, Joe Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko in a worked match to reclaim the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship that Stecher had lost in December 1920. Stecher was part of a conspiracy that paid Stanislaus Zbyszko to double-cross Wayne “Big” Munn in April 1925. Zbyszko defeated Munn legitimately in one of professional wrestling’s most famous double-crosses. As
Četrtek, Julij 9, 1925, Ed “Strangler” Lewis made one of the early defenses of his version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis wrestled Howard Cantonwine in front of 5,000 fans at McNulty Park. After Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Sandow’s and Lewis’ promotional group by defeating Wayne “Big” Munn legitimately, both Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis
Jim Londos developed into professional wrestling’s biggest box office star during the 1930s. Londos wrestled main events against Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Jim Browning at baseball stadiums. These matches drew crowds of more than 30,000 fans for the first time since the second Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt in 1911. When Londos wrestled in Greece, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at
Professional wrestlers dying in the ring is rare but occasionally happens. V 1936, 5,000 wrestling fans in Washington, Enosmerno. inadvertently booed a dead man at the end of the Mike Romano vs. “Irish” Jack Donovan match at Griffith Stadium on Thursday, Junij 25, 1936. The 40-year-old Romano was putting Donovan over in a worked match. Newspapers inaccurately reported Romano as
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Jo 1915, wrestlers worked their matches. Skilled lightweight wrestler Clarence Ecklund trained Pesek in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Pesek developed into a skilled hooker or submission wrestler. Pesek never liked working and wrestled contests in his early career. Sčasoma, Pesek did
During March 1910, generalni državni tožilec Združenih držav v Council Bluffs, Iowa je obtožila Johna C. Mabray (različica njegovega pravega imena, Mabry) in ducat obtožencev z uporabo pošte za goljufije pri igrah na srečo v profesionalnem boksu, profesionalna rokoborba, in profesionalne konjske dirke. Mabry, trgovec z živino, ki živi v Kansas Cityju, Missouri, zaposleni insajderji v boksu, rokoborba, in konj
Avgusta v zgodnjih jutranjih urah 5, 1933, štirje varni vlomilci so razbili okno v pivovarni Marshfield Brewing Company v Marshfieldu, Wisconsin. Vlomilci so s trezorja podrli številčnico in jo odstranili $1,550.00 v zveznih znamkah. V 2024 dollars, vlomilci ukradli $37,000.00. Isti vlomilci so uspešno odnesli še enega $1,000 v zveznih znamkah družbe Wausau Brewing Company
Na začetku svoje kariere, Fred Beell se je boril z Gusom »Americusom« Schoenleinom 1904 in 1905. Med 1904 match, Beell je zmagal v edinem padcu in tekmi. Schoenlein se je želel maščevati za ta poraz. In May 1905, Schoenleinov menedžer si je zagotovil povratno tekmo v Schoenleinovem rojstnem mestu Baltimoru, Maryland. Schoenlein je stal pet metrov, deset centimetrov visok in tehtan 210 funtov. Beell se je običajno soočil z