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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Perşembe günü, Kasım 22, 1923, St. Louis organizatörü John Contos, Joe Stecher ve Dan Kolov arasındaki bir maçla zirveye çıkan tartışmalı bir karta ev sahipliği yaptı, gelecek vaat eden bir Bulgar güreşçisi. Kart, John E tarafından kaplandı. Wray, St Spor Editörü. Louis Post-Dispatch. Kart tartışmalıydı çünkü güreşteki en büyük iki yıldızdan ikisinin reklamı yapıldı ama yapılmadı
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. 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
Perşembe gecesi, Kasım 25, 1909, Dünya Güreş Şampiyonu Frank Gotch Buffalo bir handikap maç için Polonya Güreş Şampiyonu Stanislaw Zbyszko araya, New York. Gotch bir saat içinde iki kez o Zbyszko atmak değil eğer maçı kaybetmek için anlaştılar. Zbyszko büyüklüğü ve gücü ilk defa Gotch için sorun teşkil, kim tartılır 190 Zbyszko adlı pound 260 lira. Ancak, 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 “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they
Frank Gotch, Humboldt adlı çiftlik çocuk, Iowa, Dünya Ağır Siklet Güreş Şampiyonası'nda George Hackenschmidt yenilgi olacaktır 1908. Bu zafer ve onun daha sonraki yenilgi “Kesmek” in 1911 rövanş tüm zamanların en büyük güreşçi olarak GOTCH yerini pekiştirdi. Gotch çok yetenekli bir güreşçi oldu ama o efsane yenilmez wunderkind değildi. Gotch
On 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
Aralık 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Ancak, 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
On 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, Hatta birkaç Amerikalı güreşçi daha önce Nogert olduklarını iddia etmişti.