Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Postitused 20. sajandi maadlejatest, maadlusmatšid, ja maadlusfilme.
Aasta jaanuaris 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” ja 210 naela, “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. Teine,
(See postitus on harjutus minu uusimast raamatust Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Trikk, mis päästis 1915 Rahvusvaheline maadlusturniir on saadaval Amazonis.) Sügisversioon 1915 Rahvusvaheline maadlusturniir oli külastatavuse ja huviga hädas, kui promootor Sam Rachmann võitis reklaamikulla, tutvustades oma turniirile maskiga maadlejat. Masked Marvel tungis tormi
Kui Billy Sandow ja Ed Lewis otsustasid, et Stanislaus Zbyszko tiitlivõitlus on reklaamiaur otsa saanud, nad otsustasid “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum on Thursday, Detsember 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
On laupäev, Jaanuar 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “The Russian Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” ja 224 naela, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 naela. Despite his smaller
Neljapäeval, November 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
On neljapäeva õhtul, November 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch kohtus Poola Maadlus Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko jaoks puude mängu Buffalo, New York. Gotch nõus loobuma hooaeg, kui ta ei viska Zbyszko kaks korda tunnis. Zbyszko suurus ja tugevus probleeme tekitanud Gotch, kes kaalus 190 naela Zbyszko on 260 naela. Siiski, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they
Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
On jaanuar 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko oli osav