Category: 20История на професионалната борба от th Century

В четвъртък, Ноември 22, 1923, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Промоутърът на Луис Джон Контос беше домакин на спорна карта, увенчана с мач между Джо Стечър и Дан Колов, един бъдещ български борец. Картата е покрита от Джон Е. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. <Педя bbox_x = "662" bbox_y = "1207" bbox_w = "98" bbox_h = "17" fsize = "11" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t

В четвъртък вечер, Ноември 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch срещна полския шампион по борба Станислав Zbyszko за мача хендикап в Buffalo, Ню Йорк. Gotch се съгласи да се откаже от схватката, ако той не може да хвърли Zbyszko два пъти за един час. Размер и сила Zbyszko създадоха проблеми за Gotch, тежащ 190 паунда за Zbyszko на 260 паунда. Обаче, Zbyszko

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they

Франк Gotch, момчето ферма от Humboldt, Iowa, ще победят George Hackenschmidt за Wrestling Световното Heavyweight в 1908. Тази победа и последващото му поражение на “Хамалски” в на 1911 реванш циментира мястото Gotch като един от най-великите борци за всички времена. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

На January 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko was a skilled

Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

От декември 13, 1920, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1799" bbox_w = "16" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = " “<Педя bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1799" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = "” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Обаче, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud

На January 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, няколко американски борци дори бяха твърдяли, че са Ногерт преди