Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Příspěvky o zápasnících 20. století, wrestlingové zápasy, a wrestlingové filmy.
V 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Mistr světa v těžké váze Ed “Strangler” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate
Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles
Prosince 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but
V lednu 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” a 210 liber, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Druhý,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. The Masked Marvel stormed
Když se Billy Sandow a Ed Lewis rozhodli, že vládě Stanislause Zbyszka došly propagační síly., se rozhodli “win” vrátit titul v březnu 1922. St. Louis promotér John Contos dokázal zajistit velkou odvetu, ke kterému by došlo u kostela sv. Louis Coliseum ve čtvrtek, Prosinec 14, 1922. By this time, Americký profesionální wrestling mimo
V sobotu, Leden 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt obhájil řecko-římský World Wrestling Championship proti Ahmed Medrali. “Ruská Lion” bude muset porazit “Hrozný Turek” udržet jeho šampionát. Pořadatelé vybrali obří Medrali, který byl 6’02” a 224 liber, porazit zdánlivě neporazitelný Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stál pouze 5’09” vysoký a vážil 209 liber. Despite his smaller
Ve čtvrtek, Listopad 22, 1923, St. Louis promotér John Contos hostil kontroverzní kartu završenou zápasem mezi Joe Stecherem a Danem Kolovem, nadějný bulharský zápasník. Kartu zakryl John E. Wray, sportovní redaktor pro St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Karta byla kontroverzní, protože dvě největší hvězdy wrestlingu byly inzerovány, ale ne
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. 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
Na čtvrtek večer, Listopad 25, 1909, World Wrestling mistr Frank Gotch potkal polský Wrestling šampion Stanislaus Zbyszko pro handicap utkání v Buffalu, New York. Gotch souhlasil vzdát zápas, kdyby nemohl hodit Zbyszko dvakrát za hodinu. Velikost Zbyszko a síla vytvořil problémy Gotch, který vážil 190 liber Zbyszko je 260 liber. Však, Zbyszko