Մարտական սպորտի պատմաբան և մարտարվեստի վարպետ
Գրառումներ 20-րդ դարի ըմբիշների մասին, ըմբշամարտի հանդիպումներ, և ըմբշամարտի ֆիլմեր.
Դեկտեմբերի 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
Այս շաբաթվա գրառումը ավարտում է կրկնակի խաչի պատմությունը, որին մասնակցում են Դիք Շիկատը և Դաննո Օ'Մահոնիին:. Ծագման համար կրկնակի խաչի իրականում սկսվել է հետ խաղին Ed “Strangler” Լյուիսն Madison Square Garden թվականի հունիսի 9, 1932. Թեեւ սա հանդիպումը եղել է նախապես ցուցահանդեսը, ըմբիշները քննարկում էին Լյուիսի գոտին գցելու մասին
Մայիսի 21, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament began in New York. Samuel Rachman promoted the event as a way to showcase European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman believed Aberg was the natural successor to World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, who retired in 1913. On the first day of the tournament, 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.
Մարտի 22, 1919, Իսկ “Strangler” Lewis հանդիպել wladek Zbyszko համար թափուր աշխարհի ծանր ըմբշամարտի առաջնությունում. Մի անակնկալ հաղթանակ, Zbyszko հաղթեց Լյուիսին պահանջել տիտղոսը. Ցավոք, wladek Zbyszko, նա միայն մի բաժակ սուրճ գոտի. Մեկ ամիս անց կամ երկու, Zbyszko lost the title to Joe Stetcher. This match was most likely
I’m writing this post to correct an earlier post I wrote about double crosses in professional wrestling. I originally thought double crosses ended after Stanislaus Zybszko double crossed the Gold Dust Trio. Zbyszko, after agreeing to lose to Munn, defeated him in what turned into a legitimate contest for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Իսկ “Strangler” Lewis, who dropped the
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Մասաչուսեթս. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in
I wrote this post due to a conversation I was tagged in on Twitter about the 1911 rematch between Frank Gotch and Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Jim Cornette, who besides being one of the best managers in professional wrestling is also a noted pro wrestling historian, talked about the double cross in the second Gotch-Hack match
When “Ռուսական Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, հայտնի է որպես “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman