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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Frank Gotch dominated American wrestling from 1905 to his retirement in 1913. Gotch, the current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, won the biggest match of his career on April 3, 1908. Gotch defeated current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt in Chicago, Illinois. Gotch proved as dominant a World Champion as he had been as the American Champion. Gotch agreed to
У чацвер, Красавіка 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. Пасля 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Ад 1900 для 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, Аёва. Г-жа. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which
Студзеня 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, New York. 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
During the early 1920s, Tex Rickard declared war on his former boxing promotional partner, Джэк Керлі. Curley promoted professional wrestling in New York City. He also organized promoters in large cities such as Boston and St. Louis into a wrestling trust. The trust controlled the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The trust froze out any wrestler, who refused to go along
Пост на гэтым тыдні - свайго роду прызнанне. На працягу многіх гадоў, Я пісаў, што Фрэнк Готч быў адзіным змагаром, які перамог Станіслава Збышка падчас яго першага тура па Амерыцы паміж 1909 і 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Volume 1: 1875 для 1939; Бітва за Нью-Ёрк – Працы, Страляе і падвойныя крыжы (affiliate link) па
Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Трагічна, promoters filmed the biggest matches of the 1910s and 1920s including the second Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt match, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne “Big” Munn, Штэхер супраць. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match
Адна з легендарных апавяданняў пра Джо Стэчэра тычыцца законнага спаборніцтва, які ён меў з адным з Марцінаў “Фермер” Бернс змагары, калі Стехер ледзь скончыў сярэднюю школу. Бёрнс пачуў аб расце рэпутацыі Стечера і вырашыў праверыць яго з адным са сваіх змагароў. На працягу многіх гадоў, Я думаў, што Штэхер перамог Юсіфа Махмута, але насамрэч ён змагаўся з Юсіфам Хусане. The
In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “Душыцель” Люіс. Stecher and Lewis would emerge as the two best legitimate professional wrestler of the 1910s. Either man could beat every other wrestler at the time in a legitimate contest or “shoot”. The men wrestled three long, boring contests