Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Fred Beell het professioneel gestoei van 1900 te 1919. Nadat hy 'n legendariese reputasie ontwikkel het weens sommige van sy oorwinnings oor Martin “Boer” Burns, Dan McLeod en Frank Gotch, Beell het afgetree toe hy nader gekom het 43 jaar oud. Sy post stoei loopbaan sou lei tot sy onverwagte dood by 57. Fred Beell het lang kanse oorkom om 'n bekwame professionele stoeier te word
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, die wêreldkampioen stoeier en gewigopteller in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch gehou om die titel vir vyf jaar en al die nuwelinge verslaan. Op die jong ouderdom van 35, Gotch besluit om af te tree. Vir sy laaste wedstryd, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Op Vrydag, Mei 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway na die Weste”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minute. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. He used
In die laat 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko na die Verenigde State van Amerika Wêreld Swaargewig Kampioen Wrestling Frank Gotch te daag. Voor die vergadering Gotch, Zbyszko regdeur die vroeë deel van getoer die Verenigde State en het gesukkel om baie plaaslike stoeiers 1910. Zbyszko sou reis 37,000 myl. Vroeg in sy toer, Zbyszko ontmoet Frank Gotch in 'n voorgee wedstryd. Zbyszko verslaan Gotch, wat
On Thursday, Januarie 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins het sy Amerikaanse stoeikampioenskap verdedig teen 'n opkomende stoeier van Iowa. After the first fall, die ondersteuners het besef dit was die moeilikste wedstryd van die c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins het Gotch's verslaan
In Januarie 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Worger” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons was die Grieks-Romeinse stoei kampioen van Frankryk in die 1890's. Hy het 'n toernooi by die Folies-Bergeres voordat die wen 'n toernooi in Rusland in 1898. Hierdie oorwinnings het hom toegelaat om die Grieks-Romeinse Wêreld-stoeikampioenskap te eis. Pons gekapitaliseer op hierdie bekendheid met die opening van 'n gimnasium te lei stoeiers en sterk manne. Pons’ oorwinning was veral merkwaardig as gevolg van
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
In die laat 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Boer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Egter, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Deur 1902, George