Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled hundreds of legitimate wrestling matches with Joseph “Toots” Mondt over the years. During conversations with his young protégé, Lou Thesz, Lewis said he only had to worry about losing to two wrestlers in his long career. Only Mondt and Stanislaus Zbyszko had a chance of defeating him in a legitimate contest. Én
On Sunday, December 14, 1924, “Big” Wayne Munn kæmpede med Joseph “Toots” Mondt i hovedbegivenheden på wrestling-kortet i Kansas City, Missouri, Kongressalen. 10,000 fans mødte op for at heppe på Munn, en tidligere college fodboldspiller for University of Nebraska. Munn blev faktureret kl. 6’06”, hvilket kan have været en overdrivelse, men han var betydeligt
On April 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, in Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans betragtede Mahmout som en hård udfordrer, primært fordi de ikke havde set ham kæmpe. Emil Klank, Gotchs manager, overbeviste udenlandske wrestlere med godt ry som Mahmout og Stanislaus Zbyszko til at rejse til Amerika for at udfordre Gotch. Fans
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg trak overskrifter ind 1917 under en retssag over hans afvisning af at opfylde en wrestling-forpligtelse i Boston i marts 1917. Aberg gik med til at kæmpe Wladek Zbyszko, hans hovedmodstander under 1915 New Yorks internationale brydningsturneringer, for Boston-promotoren George Touhey. Men, Aberg trak sig ud af kampen kort efter at have underskrevet en aftale om at bryde hans
After marrying his wife Gladys and beating Georg Hackenschmidt a second time, both in 1911, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch began to wrestle a more limited schedule. His wife Gladys was not a big fan of wrestling and wanted her new husband to spend more time at home in Humboldt, Iowa. In the world of wrestling at the time,
Den maj 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American
Fører ind i hans januar 24, 1921 titelkamp med den tidligere verdensmester Earl Caddock, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis var ry for at have skadet sine tidligere to modstandere, Wladek Zbyszko og Joe Stecher, med sin hovedlås. Lewis ville bruge hovedlåsen til at hoftekaste sin modstander i gulvet. Zbyszko blev slået meningsløs, da hans hoved ramte
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Burns mødte den lille, men magtfulde Fred Beell. Mens begge brydere vejede 165 pounds, “Farmer” Burns stod 5'11” til Beells 5’04”. Den 32-årige Beell havde dog en stor aldersfordel i forhold til den 47-årige Burns. Burns debuterede i 1879, da Beell var 3 år gammel. Mændene var planlagt til en kamp i Omaha, Nebraska, en
Ed “Strangler” Lewis enjoyed one of the most successful careers in professional wrestling. Although Lewis wrestled in mostly staged exhibitions, he possessed legitimate wrestling skills. Future protege Lou Thesz said many times Lewis could beat any wrestler at any time, så han var den ideelle verdensmester i den moderne æra med forudaftalte kampe. Men, early in his career, Lewis
I slutningen af december 1916, en mærkelig begivenhed indtraf. John F. Olin, en lokal Massachusetts wrestler, vandt en kamp med den nuværende verdensmester Joe Stecher. Dommeren erklærede Olin som vinder, efter at Stecher var gået væk fra kampen. Før National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) lavede ændringer i reglerne i 1950'erne, mesterskaber skiftede hænder gennem diskvalifikation eller