Category: 20세기 프로레슬링의 역사

월에 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins는 뉴욕시에서 거인 Nouralah Hassan과 씨름했습니다.. 불가리아에서 태어났습니다. 1870, 하산은 6피트 서 있었습니다., 키 8인치, 몸무게 331 파운드. Jenkins는 뛰어난 레슬링 기술을 보유했지만, 팬들과 기자들은 Hassan의 엄청난 규모가 Jenkins에게 문제를 일으킬 것으로 예상했습니다.. 프로모터들은 매디슨 스퀘어 가든에서 레슬링을 하도록 남자들을 예약했습니다.

8 월 4, 1939, Mort Henderson passed away in Rochester, New York at 60 살. Wrestling fans likely did not remember the name Mort Henderson but as his alter ego, the original Masked Marvel, he saved the fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament with the goal of

George Tragos는 Lou Thesz의 트레이너로 명성을 얻었습니다., 1950년대와 1960년대 초의 지배적인 내셔널 레슬링 얼라이언스(National Wrestling Alliance) 세계 헤비웨이트 챔피언. 음료수, a 1920 조국 그리스의 올림픽 선수, 합법적인 레슬링에서 흠잡을 데 없는 이력을 가지고 있었습니다. 3월생 14, 1901, 메시니아에서, 그리스, Tragos는 그리스를 대표하여 레슬링 국가대표 타이틀을 획득했습니다. 1920 올림픽에만

At the end of 1932, 22-1살짜리 빌라 밀리(Vila Milli)가 남편을 고소했습니다, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. 그러나, he did not dismiss the

Frank Gotch dominated American wrestling from 1905 to his retirement in 1913. Gotch, 현 미국 헤비급 레슬링 챔피언, won the biggest match of his career on April 3, 1908. Gotch defeated current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt in Chicago, 일리노이. Gotch proved as dominant a World Champion as he had been as the American Champion. Gotch agreed to

On Thursday, 4월 29, 1909, Frank Gotch traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to wrestle highly regarded light heavyweight wrestler Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt won the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under his real name, John Berg. Although fans thought well of Berg, they did not see him as a threat to defeat Frank Gotch in a straight match. To increase fan interest

Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. 후 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. 부터 1900 에 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches

(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: The Quest for Redemption, published on February 2, 2022.) The most important event affecting the future of Frank Gotch’s career occurred on January 11, 1911. Gotch married the former Gladys Oestrich at her parent’s home in Humboldt, 아이오와. 부인. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which

월 1 일에 2, 1911, Swiss wrestler John Lemm found himself the laughingstock of professional wrestling fans and reporters. The incident occurred when Lemm wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko in Buffalo, 뉴욕. Fans considered Zbyszko the top contender for Frank Gotch’s world title. Zbyszko was a world class wrestler although more skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling than catch wrestling. Lemm was a skilled