Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Articles sur les lutteurs du 20e siècle, matchs de lutte, et des films de lutte.
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. Le plan de Rachmann pour créer Aberg se déroulait comme prévu après le coup d’envoi du tournoi
In early 1916, Hirondelle “Agriculteur” Burns, qui a entraîné et dirigé Frank Gotch pour le championnat du monde des poids lourds, a commencé à nier avoir développé l'actuel champion américain des poids lourds, Joe Stecher.. Cette affirmation semblait étrange car Burns travaillait avec Stecher depuis plusieurs années.. Burns a aidé à préparer Stecher pour son combat de championnat avec Charlie Cutler en 1915. Dans un sens, what Burns
By the end of the 1910s, professional wrestling promoters booked wrestlers in worked or pre-arranged wrestling matches. Occasionally, usually as a result of a double cross, fans would see an actual contest or “shoot” match between the wrestlers. One of these matches occurred in late 1921 and arose from a feud between Tex Rickard, primarily a boxing promoter, and Jack
Sur Décembre 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 last
L’article de cette semaine a pour but de terminer l’histoire du double croisement impliquant Dick Shikat et Danno O’Mahony.. Les origines du double cross ont en fait commencé lors d'un match avec Ed “Strangler” Lewis au Madison Square Garden en juin 9, 1932. Alors que ce match était une exhibition préparée à l'avance, les lutteurs discutaient de la chute de la ceinture de Lewis
Sur mai 21, 1915, Wrestling Tournoi International a commencé à New York. Samuel Rachman promotion de l'événement comme un moyen de mettre en valeur Champion Wrestling européenne gréco-romaine Alek Aberg. Rachman croit Aberg était le successeur naturel de Champion World Wrestling Frank Gotch, qui se est retiré dans 1913. Le premier jour de tournoi, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
On June 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.
Sur Mars 22, 1919, Ed “Strangler” Lewis a rencontré Wladek Zbyszko pour le championnat vacant World Wrestling Heavyweight. Dans une victoire surprise, Zbyszko battu Lewis de revendiquer le titre. Malheureusement pour Wladek Zbyszko, il ne ferait que prendre une tasse de café avec la ceinture. Un ou deux mois plus tard,, Zbyszko a perdu le titre à Joe Stetcher. This match was most likely