Category: 20История профессионального рестлинга XIX века

Frank Gotch dominated American wrestling from 1905 to his retirement in 1913. Gotch, действующий чемпион Америки по борьбе в тяжелом весе, won the biggest match of his career on April 3, 1908. Gotch defeated current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt in Chicago, Иллинойс. Gotch proved as dominant a World Champion as he had been as the American Champion. Gotch agreed to

On Thursday, Апрель 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. After 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. От 1900 для 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches

(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: В поисках искупления, 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, Айова. Г-жа. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which

Января 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

В начале 1920-х гг., Текс Рикард объявил войну своему бывшему партнеру по продвижению бокса, Джек Керли. Керли продвигал профессиональную борьбу в Нью-Йорке.. Он также организовал промоутеров в крупных городах, таких как Бостон и Сент-Луис.. Луи в борцовский траст. Доверие контролировало чемпионат мира по борьбе в тяжелом весе.. Доверие заморозило любого борца, who refused to go along

Пост этой недели — своего рода признание. В течение многих лет, Я писал, что Фрэнк Готч был единственным борцом, победившим Станислава Збышко во время его первого турне по Америке между 1909 и 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Объем 1: 1875 для 1939; Битва за Нью-Йорк - Работы, Побеги и двойные кресты (партнерская ссылка) по

One of the legendary tales about Joe Stecher concerns a legitimate contest he had with one of Martin “Фермер” Burns wrestlers, when Stecher was barely out of high school. Burns heard about Stecher’s growing reputation and decided to test him with one of his wrestlers. В течение многих лет, I thought Stecher defeated Yusif Mahmout but he actually wrestled Yussif Hussane. The

In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “<Промежуток bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1799" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" FSIZE = "13" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = "” Льюис. 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