Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
V sobotu, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutes. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed
Augusta 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, jeho
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Willard “Divoký Bill” Longson sa narodil v Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 ale väčšinu svojho dospelého života strávil v St. Louis, Missouri. Po začatí kariéry profesionálneho zápasníka v r 1931, Longson sa ocitol v práci pre Toma Packsa v St. Louis. V skutočnosti nikdy neodišiel, pretože pre zvyšok by to bola jeho domovská základňa
V 10. rokoch 20. storočia, Americký profesionálny wrestling sa natrvalo presunul z legitímnych wrestlingových súťaží k vopred pripraveným exhibíciám. Záujem fanúšikov, kontrola promotéra a menšie opotrebovanie zápasníkov, to všetko zohralo úlohu v tomto prechode. Ďalší menej hovoril o tlaku bol mimo samotného športu. Pred 20. storočím, profesionálny box bol v Spojených štátoch nezákonný. Holý kĺb
Paul Pons was a French Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. He was good enough to give George Hackenschmidt a run for his money in several tournaments. Však, when he came to Chicago in 1900, he was “defeated” by a local wrestler. The circumstances of the loss leave a lot to be desired. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Jeden
RKO Pictures priniesol Dick Tracy kresleného seriálu znak na veľkej obrazovke decembra 1, 1945. Zatiaľ čo film je rozhodne “B” Film mal byť v prvom rade na dvojtitul, stále by bolo predmetom záujmu mnohých fanúšikov obľúbeného kresleného seriálu. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock mal koncom 10. a začiatkom 20. rokov relatívne krátku, ale slávnu profesionálnu zápasnícku kariéru.. Svoj profesionálny debut v r 1915 po zisku troch národných titulov AAU v amatérskom zápasení, Caddock profesionálne zápasil len do r 1922. Však, bol uznaný za majstra sveta po tom, čo v apríli porazil Joea Stechera 1917. Caddock by stratil titul späť