Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Articles sur les lutteurs du 20e siècle, matchs de lutte, et des films de lutte.
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 livres. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Cependant, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, qui s'est rendu en Amérique pour affronter Frank Gotch après sa défaite
La nuit de Noël 1911, Stanislas Zbyszko a rencontré Giovanni Raicievich dans un combat très attendu de lutte poids lourd. Zbyszko, qui faisait campagne pour une revanche avec le champion du monde de lutte poids lourd Frank Gotch, a accepté de jeter Raicevich 3 fois dans 90 minutes ou être déclaré perdant. Alors que les hommes entraient dans le célèbre Madison Square Garden de New York, Zbyszko était clairement le
Ed “Strangler” Lewis is one of the greatest professional wrestlers and world champions of all time. Lewis’ signature déménagement était la mainmise, which Lewis started using as promoters and wrestlers transitioned professional wrestling to a prearranged or “worked” exhibition. Lewis originally used the front face lock or guillotine choke. Lewis’ namesake Evan “Strangler” Lewis made the front face lock or
Actually, 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. Le tournoi de Rachman devait débuter mercredi
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. He began wrestling when the pro game was still an actual competition. He continued to be successful after the game changed to worked (prearranged) matches. En fait, he participated in a shoot contest, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 by double-crossing his promotoers.
Alex Aberg defeated many notable foes in the greatest year of his professional wrestling career. Dans 1915, Aberg competed in both the Spring and Fall versions of the New York International Wrestling Tournament. Competing exclusively in his preferred style of Greco-Roman wrestling, Aberg defeated Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko and Ed “Strangler” Lewis along with a number of journeyman wrestlers.
Fred Beell a lutté professionnellement depuis 1900 to 1919. Après avoir développé une réputation légendaire grâce à certaines de ses victoires sur Martin “Agriculteur” Burns, Dan McLeod et Frank Gotch, Beell se retira à l'approche 43 ans. Sa carrière d'après-lutte mènera à sa mort inattendue à 57. Fred Beell a surmonté de nombreux obstacles pour devenir un lutteur professionnel compétent
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, le lutteur de champion du monde et haltérophile de l' 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch a tenu le titre pendant cinq ans et a battu tous les arrivants. À l'âge relativement jeune de 35, Gotch a décidé de prendre sa retraite. Pour son dernier match, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Le vendredi, Mai 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 to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 procès-verbal. 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. Il a utilisé