Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Bauer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 Pfund. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg rang hinein
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!” Frank Gotch looked over at his rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, beschloss, seinen Herausforderern etwas Stärke zu entziehen, indem er sie zusammenbrachte
On December 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers betrat die
Am Montag, Dezember 13, 1920, Und “Würger” Lewis won the first of six World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships from Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher and Lewis met in a match lasting over three hours. Lewis made a mental error in
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” in St. Louis during the 1904 Weltausstellung. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (affiliate link) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 years until losing his
Die Mai- 9, 1905 Ausgabe des St. Louis Republik Sport Abschnitt enthielt eine Geschichte über ein bevorstehendes Spiel zwischen lokalen Wrestler George Baptiste und dem Touren World Wrestling-Champion, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, die gerade schlagen Tom Jenkins für die Weltmeisterschaft. Wenn der Editor wusste “Hack” condition at the time, he may have
Stanislaus Zbyszko was born Stanislaw Jan Cyganiewicz on April 1, 1879 in Jodlow, Polen, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Laut Wikipedia, he chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. An article in the Walla Walla, Washington newspaper, The Evening Statesman’s Tuesday, Februar 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) war ein Weltrekord hält Gewichtheber und Welt-Schwergewichts-Champion vor Wrestling Wrestling wurde vorbereitet und Heber wurden mit Steroiden. Hackenschmidt erreichte ein Niveau von Größe auf mehrere Faktoren. He achieved a high level of physical fitness. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been