Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Op dezelfde dag worstelde Joe Stecher met Stanislaus Zbyszko voor de erkende versie van het World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St.. Louis, En “Worger” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Op april 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Worger” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” matches. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling
Frank J. Quinn, a local St. Louis attorney, served as the manager for professional wrestlers George Baptise, Charley Olson and Fred Beell. Originally an admirer of George Baptiste, who was a legend in the St. Louis neighborhood around Cook and Vandeventer Avenues. Baptiste would employ Quinn as his manger and later attorney for his tent and awning company. During his
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rachmann’s plan for establishing Aberg was going as planned after the tournament kicked off
In early 1916, Martin “Boer” Burns, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns
Tegen het einde van de jaren 1910, professionele worstelpromotoren boekten worstelaars voor bewerkte of vooraf afgesproken worstelwedstrijden. Occasionally, meestal als gevolg van een dubbele kruising, fans zouden een echte wedstrijd zien of “shoot” wedstrijd tussen de worstelaars. Eén van deze wedstrijden vond laat plaats 1921 en ontstond uit een vete tussen Tex Rickard, in de eerste plaats een bokspromotor, en Jac
Op december 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, in Gotch's laatste
Het bericht van deze week is bedoeld om het verhaal af te ronden van de dubbele kruising waarbij Dick Shikat en Danno O’Mahony betrokken zijn. De oorsprong van de dubbele cross begon eigenlijk in een wedstrijd met Ed “Worger” Lewis in Madison Square Garden in juni 9, 1932. Terwijl deze wedstrijd een afgesproken tentoonstelling was, de worstelaars hadden erover gediscussieerd dat Lewis de riem zou laten vallen
Op mei 21, 1915, het International Wrestling Tournament begon in New York. Samuel Rachman bevorderde de gebeurtenis als een manier om te laten zien Europees Grieks-Romeins worstelen kampioen Alek Aberg. Rachman geloofde Aberg was de natuurlijke opvolger van World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, die in pensioen 1913. Op de eerste dag van het toernooi, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up