Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Publicacións sobre loitadores do século XX, partidos de loita libre, e películas de loita libre.
En xaneiro de 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” e 210 libras, “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. Segundo,
(Esta publicación é un exercicio do meu novo libro Masked Marvel to the Rescue: O truco que salvou 1915 Torneo internacional de loita libre dispoñible en Amazon.) A versión de outono do 1915 O Torneo Internacional de Loita loitaba coa asistencia e o interese, cando o promotor Sam Rachmann alcanzou o ouro promocional introducindo un loitador enmascarado no seu torneo. The Masked Marvel asaltou
Cando Billy Sandow e Ed Lewis decidiron que o reinado do título de Stanislaus Zbyszko quedara sen impulso promocional, decidiron “gañar” volveu o título en marzo 1922. St. O promotor de Louis, John Contos, puido asegurar a gran revancha, que ocorrería no St. Louis Coliseum o xoves, Decembro 14, 1922. By this time, Loita profesional estadounidense fóra de
O sábado, Xaneiro 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” e 224 libras, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” altura e pesaba 209 libras. Despite his smaller
O xoves, Novembro 22, 1923, St. O promotor de Louis, John Contos, recibiu unha polémica tarxeta rematada por un partido entre Joe Stecher e Dan Kolov, un loitador búlgaro prometedor. A tarxeta foi cuberta por John E. Wray, o editor deportivo do St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A tarxeta foi controvertida porque se anunciaron dúas das estrelas máis importantes da loita libre pero non o fixeron
On a Thursday night, Novembro 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 libras. Porén, 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
Nunha entrada no blog o mes pasado, Escribín sobre a dificultade que tiveron os promotores para organizar o partido Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard. Orixinalmente programado para Omaha, Nebraska, o Xefe de Policía de Omaha e o Comisionado de Policía estaban preocupados polo feito de que o partido se fixera previamente ou a “work”. Non querían que os xogadores fosen acollidos pola exposición. Para evitar que se produza, eles
Frank Gotch, o neno de Facenda de Humboldt, Iowa, derrotaría George Hackenschmidt ao Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight en 1908. Esta vitoria e súa derrota posterior de “Cabeza” no 1911 desquite cimentou o lugar de Gotch como un dos maiores loitadores de todos os tempos. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
En xaneiro de 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 era un hábil