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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
A l'abril 3, 1908, American Wrestling Campió Frank Gotch reunir World Wrestling Campió George Hackenschmidt pel títol mundial en Dexter Parc Pavilion a Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt era invicte com a professional, però havia estat campió del món per aproximadament 7 any. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Dimarts, Març 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 i 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, qui va ser 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Desafortunadament, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.
Al gener 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Al desembre 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch perdre una batalla de tres setmanes amb l'enverinament urèmica. Els metges van tractar de mantenir els seus ronyons passen per una operació a Chicago però sempre i només un alleujament temporal. Gotch intenció de viatjar a Hot Springs, Arkansas per intentar restaurar la seva salut. L'operació va acabar aquesta esperança. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsilvània. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” promoció de lluita lliure i va vèncer Munn per la
Vaig decidir començar 2020 utilitzant dos exemples de lluita lliure professional per discutir per què canviaríeu un relat històric que vau escriure en el passat. En escriure la història, esteu limitat per les fonts disponibles sobre el tema. Fonts primàries com els diaris, els registres oficials i les autobiografies són molt valuosos. Altres fonts com els diaris també són bones, però
El mateix dia, Joe Stecher va lluitar contra Stanislaus Zbyszko per la versió reconeguda del Campionat Mundial de Lluita Pes Pesat a St.. Louis, I “Estrangulador” Lewis challenged “Gran” 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
A l'abril 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” llumins. 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