Историк боевых видов спорта и боец
Сообщения о борцах 20 века, борцовские поединки, и фильмы о рестлинге.
In January 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Мэриленд. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” и 210 фунты, “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. Второй,
(Этот пост является отрывком из моей последней книги Masked Marvel to the Rescue.: Уловка, которая спасла 1915 Международный турнир по борьбе доступен на Amazon.) Осенняя версия 1915 Международный турнир по борьбе боролся с посещаемостью и интересом, когда промоутер Сэм Рахманн заработал рекламное золото, введя в свой турнир борца в маске. Марвел в маске штурмовал
Когда Билли Сандов и Эд Льюис решили, что титульный титул Станислава Збышко иссяк., они решили “win” вернуть титул в марте 1922. Улица. Промоутер Луи Джон Контос смог обеспечить большой матч-реванш, что произошло бы на ул.. Луи Колизей в четверг, Декабрь 14, 1922. By this time, Американская профессиональная борьба за пределами
В субботу, Январь 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Русский Лев” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” и 224 фунты, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 фунты. Despite his smaller
On Thursday, Ноябрь 22, 1923, Улица. Промоутер Louis Джон Контос устроил скандальную открытку, увенчанную матчем Джо Стечера и Дэна Колова., подающий надежды болгарский борец. Карту накрыл Джон Э.. Wray, спортивный редактор журнала St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Карточка вызвала споры, потому что рекламировались две крупнейшие звезды рестлинга, но не
On a Thursday night, Ноябрь 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 фунты. <Промежуток bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" FSIZE = "14" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = ", Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Алекс” Аберг. 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 “работа”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they
Фрэнк Готч, the farm boy from Humboldt, Айова, 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
Января 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 a skilled