Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
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