Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Í janúar 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” og 210 £, “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. Annað,
(Þessi færsla er tilraun úr nýjustu bókinni minni Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Brellan sem bjargaði 1915 Alþjóðlegt glímumót fáanlegt á Amazon.) Haustútgáfan af 1915 Alþjóðlega glímumótið átti í erfiðleikum með aðsókn og áhuga, þegar verkefnisstjórinn Sam Rachmann vann kynningargull með því að kynna grímuklæddan glímumann í mótið sitt. The Masked Marvel stormaði
Þegar Billy Sandow og Ed Lewis ákváðu að titilveldi Stanislaus Zbyszko væri að verða uppiskroppa með kynningar., þeir ákváðu það “vinna” baka titilinn í mars 1922. St. John Contos, framherji Louis, gat tryggt sér stóra umspilið, sem átti sér stað á St. Louis Coliseum á fimmtudaginn, Desember 14, 1922. By this time, Bandarísk atvinnuglíma fyrir utan
Á laugardag, Janúar 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” og 224 £, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 £. Despite his smaller
Á fimmtudaginn, Nóvember 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-Sending. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
Á fimmtudagskvöld, Nóvember 25, 1909, Heimurinn Glíma Champion Frank Gotch hitti Polish glímukappi Stanislaus Zbyszko fyrir fötlun leik í Buffalo, New York. Gotch samþykkt að sleppa bardagann ef hann gæti ekki kasta Zbyszko tvisvar í klukkutíma. Stærð Zbyszko og styrkur búið vandamál fyrir Gotch, sem vó 190 pund til Zbyszko er 260 £. Þó, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. 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 “Hakk” í því 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
Janúar 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 var þjálfaður