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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Frank Gotch iddomina l-lotta Amerikana minn 1905 għall-irtirar tiegħu fi 1913. Gotch, iċ-Champion attwali tal-Heavyweight Wrestling Amerikan, rebaħ l-akbar partita fil-karriera tiegħu f’April 3, 1908. Gotch għeleb liċ-Champion attwali tal-World Heavyweight Wrestling Georg Hackenschmidt f’Chicago, Illinois. Gotch wera li kien dominanti bħala Champion tad-Dinja daqskemm kien bħala ċ-Champion Amerikan. Gotch qabel
Nhar il-Ħamis, April 29, 1909, Frank Gotch vvjaġġa lejn Memphis, Tennessee biex tiġġieled kontra l-wrestler tal-piż ħafif ħafif Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt rebaħ il-World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship taħt ismu reali, John Berg. Għalkemm il-partitarji ħasbu tajjeb fuq Berg, ma rawhx bħala theddida biex jegħleb lil Frank Gotch f’partita dritta. Biex jiżdied l-interess tal-fann
Joe Stecher lilha waqt żmien transitorju fil-lotta professjonali Amerikana. Prior to 1900, lottaturi kienu involuti primarjament f'konkorsi leġittimi għalkemm il-lottaturi kienu jaħdmu logħbiet kultant. Wara 1915, il-wrestlers kollha ħadmu l-logħbiet tagħhom. Wrestlers ġġieldu kompetizzjonijiet leġittimi biss biex isolvu tilwima promozzjonali jew biex jagħmlu double-cross. Minn 1900 li 1915, lottaturi impenjati f’taħlita ta’ logħbiet maħduma
(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, Iowa. Sinjura. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which
Fuq Jannar 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, Jack Curley. 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
This week’s post is a confession of sorts. Għal snin, I have written that Frank Gotch was the only wrestler to defeat Stanislaus Zbyszko during his initial tour of America between 1909 u 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Volum 1: 1875 li 1939; The Battle for New York – Works, Shootes and Double Crosses (link affiljat) minn
Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Traġikament, 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, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match
Waħda mir-rakkonti leġġendarji dwar Joe Stecher tikkonċerna kompetizzjoni leġittima li kellu ma’ wieħed minn Martin “Farmer” Ħruq wrestlers, meta Stecher bilkemm kien barra mill-iskola sekondarja. Burns sema’ dwar ir-reputazzjoni dejjem tikber ta’ Stecher u ddeċieda li jittestjah ma’ wieħed mill-wrestlers tiegħu. Għal snin, Ħsibt li Stecher għeleb lil Yusif Mahmout iżda fil-fatt ġġieled lil Yussif Hussane. Il-
Fil-ktieb tiegħu Hooker, Lou Thesz kiteb dwar ir-rivalità bejn żewġ wrestlers favoriti tiegħu, Joe Stecher u Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Stecher u Lewis kienu joħorġu bħala l-aqwa żewġ wrestlers professjonali leġittimi tal-1910s. Jew raġel jista’ jegħleb lil kull wrestler ieħor dak iż-żmien f’kompetizzjoni leġittima jew “shoot”. L-irġiel iġġieldu tlieta twal, kompetizzjonijiet boring