Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Joe Stecher και John “Άνθρωπος Τίγρης” Ο Πέσεκ ήταν νόμιμοι παλαιστές κατά κύριο λόγο “worked” εποχή, όπου οι αγώνες ήταν προκαθορισμένοι εκτός και αν κάποιος αποφάσιζε να κάνει διπλό σταυρό του άλλου παλαιστή ή προπονητή μετατρέποντας τον αγώνα σε νόμιμο διαγωνισμό. Οι διπλοί σταυροί λειτούργησαν μόνο, αν ο παλαιστής μπορούσε να κερδίσει νόμιμα τον αγώνα. Ο John Pesek δεν του άρεσε η εργατική φύση της πάλης και συχνά γύριζε
Σε 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Παγκόσμιος Πρωταθλητής πάλης βαρέων βαρών Ed “Strangler” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate
Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles
Τον Δεκέμβριο 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Λουδοβίκος “νίκησε” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but
Τον Ιανουάριο του 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” και 210 λίρες, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Δεύτερος,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. The Masked Marvel stormed
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum την Πέμπτη, Δεκέμβριος 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
Το Σάββατο, Ιανουάριος 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “The Russian Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” και 224 λίρες, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 λίρες. Despite his smaller
Την Πέμπτη, Νοέμβριος 22, 1923, St. Ο υποστηρικτής του Louis, John Contos, φιλοξένησε μια αμφιλεγόμενη κάρτα στην κορυφή της οποίας ήταν ένας αγώνας μεταξύ Joe Stecher και Dan Kolov, ένας ανερχόμενος Βούλγαρος παλαιστής. Η κάρτα καλύφθηκε από τον John E. Wray, ο αθλητικός συντάκτης του St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Η κάρτα ήταν αμφιλεγόμενη επειδή δύο από τα μεγαλύτερα αστέρια της πάλης διαφημίστηκαν αλλά δεν το έκαναν
On a Thursday night, Νοέμβριος 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 λίρες. Ωστόσο, Zbyszko