Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Joe Stecher eta John “Tigre Gizona” Pesek borrokalari legitimoak ziren nagusiki “worked” garaia, non partidak aurrez zehaztuta zeuden norbaitek beste borrokalaria edo sustatzailea bikoiztu egitea erabaki ezean, partida legezko lehia bihurtuz. Bikoitzak bakarrik funtzionatu zuten, borrokalariak partida legitimoki irabaziko balu. John Pesek ez zitzaion gustatzen borrokaren izaera lantsua eta askotan buelta ematen zuen
Urtean 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Munduko Heavyweight Borroka Txapelketa 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
Abenduaren on 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. Lewis “defeated” 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
Urtarrilean 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” eta 210 libera, “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. Second,
(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 ostegunean, Abendua 14, 1922. Une honetan, American professional wrestling outside of
Larunbatean, Urtarrila 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Errusiako Lehoia” garaitzeko behar litzateke “Terrible Turk” bere txapelketan atxikitzen. Etxeak aukeratutako Medrali erraldoia, duten 6 amaitu da’02” eta 224 libera, itxuraz invencible Hackenschmidt garaitzeko. George Hackenschmidt koa izan bakarrik 5’09” altuerako eta pisatu 209 libera. Despite his smaller
On Thursday, Azaroa 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-hilabete. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
On a Thursday night, Azaroa 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 libera. Hala ere, Zbyszko