Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Le jeudi, Novembre 22, 1923, St. Joe Stecher lance Dan Kolov, Joe Stecher lance Dan Kolov. Joe Stecher lance Dan Kolov. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
Les entreprises de diffusion ont été la recherche de contenu pendant les premiers jours de la télévision. Outre les films plus anciens et des productions de la société de diffusion, sports étaient une source de la programmation des stations de télévision de nombreux. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
On a Thursday night, Novembre 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 livres. Cependant, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
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 “travail”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they
Frank Gotch, le garçon de ferme de Humboldt, Iowa, irait à l'encontre George Hackenschmidt pour le championnat de la World Wrestling Heavyweight 1908. Cette victoire et sa défaite ultérieure de “Entaille” dans le 1911 rematch cimenté la place de Gotch comme l'un des plus grands lutteurs de tous les temps. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
Sur Janvier 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 était un habile
Chef de la police d'Omaha, H.W.. Dunn a fait la une des journaux en mars 28, 1915, lorsqu'il a émis une ordonnance interdisant le match de lutte professionnelle annoncé entre Joe Stecher et Jess Westergaard. Le Avril 6, 1915 le match était prévu à l'Auditorium d'Omaha. Le chef a en fait émis l'ordre à la demande du commissaire de police A.C.. Kugel. Kugel a publié une déclaration à
Sur Décembre 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis a battu Joe Stecher pour son championnat du monde de lutte poids lourd. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Cependant, 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
Sur Janvier 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, quelques lutteurs américains avaient même prétendu être Nogert auparavant