Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Viestit 1900-luvun painijista, paini-ottelut, ja painielokuvia.
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 minutes. Beell voitti
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “toimi” matches thrown in the mix. Mennessä 1904 tai 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Kuitenkin, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Lokakuun 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Mestaruus, mutta pysyi poissa valokeilasta asti
Marraskuun 7, 1908, Charles Olson met “Americus” Gus Schonlein'in World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Ottelu osoittautui yhtä jännittävä tarkkailijoina epäillään olisi, mutta se päättyi kiistaa. Olson oli 6’01” mutta punnitaan vain 170 kiloa. Syntynyt Max Flaskamp Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalenin 1879, hän otti nimen Charles tai Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 kiloa. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Kuitenkin, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
Jouluyönä 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko tapasi Giovanni Raicievichin paljon odotetussa raskaansarjan painiottelussa. Zbyszko, joka kampanjoi uusintaottelusta raskaansarjan painin maailmanmestarin Frank Gotchin kanssa, suostui heittämään Raicevichin 3 kertaa sisään 90 minuuttia tai hänet julistetaan häviäjäksi. Kun miehet astuivat kuuluisaan Madison Square Gardeniin New Yorkissa, Zbyszko oli selvästi se
Ed “Strangler” Lewis on yksi kaikkien aikojen suurimmista ammattipaineista ja maailmanmestareista. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, joita Lewis alkoi käyttää promoottorina ja painijana, muutti ammattipainin ennalta sovittuun tai "työstettyyn" näyttelyyn. Lewis käytti alun perin etupuolen lukkoa tai giljotiinirikastinta. Lewisin kaima Evan “Strangler” Lewis teki etuosan lukon tai
Todella, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachmanin turnauksen oli määrä alkaa keskiviikkona
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Hän alkoi paini kun pro peli oli vielä todellista kilpailua. Hän jatkoi onnistuu pelin jälkeen muuttui työstetty (prearranged) tulitikut. Itse asiassa, hän osallistui ampumakilpailuun, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 ylittämällä hänen mainostajansa.