Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Berichten over worstelaars uit de 20e eeuw, worstelwedstrijden, en worstelfilms.
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 de 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 January 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 was een vakman
Omaha hoofdcommissaris H.W. Dunn zorgde in maart voor het nieuws 28, 1915, toen hij een bevel uitvaardigde dat de geadverteerde professionele worstelwedstrijd tussen Joe Stecher en Jess Westergaard verbood. The April 6, 1915 wedstrijd was gepland voor het Omaha Auditorium. De chef vaardigde het bevel feitelijk uit in opdracht van hoofdinspecteur van politie A.C. Kugel. Kugel heeft een verklaring afgegeven
Op december 13, 1920, En “Worger” Lewis versloeg Joe Stecher voor zijn World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Echter, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud
On January 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, een paar Amerikaanse worstelaars hadden zelfs eerder beweerd Nogert te zijn
In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times-verslaggever Billy Murphy interviewde St. Louis-worstelpromotor John Contos. Murphy stelde Contos voor dat het tijdperk van dominante worstelaars als William Muldoon voorbij was. Murphy sprak over de recente wedstrijd tussen “Wereldkampioen” Hardneck Phillips en de game-mededinger Webster O'Malley. Phillips verdedigde met succes zijn kampioenschap door O'Malley erna te gooien 1 hour, 50
En “Worger” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”
Stanislaus Zbyszko toerde de Verenigde Staten in 1910 in voorbereiding voor een titel match met World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in het jaar. Zijn tour bracht hem naar St. Louis op mei 29, 1910. Zbyszko was gepland om te voldoen aan hoog aangeschreven licht zwaargewicht spierbundel Charley Olson. Olson was een ervaren worstelaar, die met St opgeleid. Louis worstelaar George