Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Joe Stecher and John “Tiger Man” Pesek were legitimate wrestlers in a primarily “worked” era, where matches were predetermined unless someone decided to double-cross the other wrestler or promoter by turning the match into a legitimate contest. Double-crosses only worked, if the wrestler could legitimately win the match. John Pesek didn’t like the worked nature of wrestling and often turned
In 1922, New York promotor Jack Curley cucurrit afoul ex Pulvis Auri Trio, Puer Sandow procurator, Mundus Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangulatam” Ludovicus et luctator / ingenio promotionis Josephi “Toots” Mondt. Trio patrocinium mundi gubernavit et Curley de libri pugile adligat. Ut etiam cum Trio, Curley infensi promovere palaestram Olympicam palaestram et collegiatam coepit
Stanislaus Zbyszko iter ad Civitates Americae Unitas in 1909 quaerimus parem cum agnito mundo Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Ut in figura huius provocationis et aedificationis exspectationem tituli par, Zbyskzo maxime lustrata ex urbibus maioribus in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae. Per May 1910, Zbyszko venit in St. Aloisius pro suo pare Caroli luctatore capax
In December 14, 1922, turba 10,000 fans repleti Sancti. Ludovicum Coliseum spectare rematch inter mundi hodiernas Gravia certamina Champion Ed “Strangulatam” Lodovicus et Stanislaus Zbyszko former quondam fortissimus. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko ad titulum in Wichita, Kansas mense Martio 1922. Ignota his fans, consilium erat Zbyszko parem amittere Ludovico but
In January 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” et 210 pondo, “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. Secundo,
(Haec posta est elaborata ex recentissimo meo libro Masked Mirari ad Eripiendum: Gimmick quod servavit 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) Lapsus versionem 1915 Luctantem LUDUS Internationalis in frequentia et cura, cum promotor Sam Rachmann aurum Lorem percussit, inducendo larvatum luctatorem in suum torneamentum. Masked mireris expugnavit
Cum Billy Sandow et Ed Lewis Stanislaum Zbyszko titulum regni decucurrissent de vapore promo, ut constituerunt “win” mense Martio retro titulum 1922. St. Ludovicus auctor John Contos magnum rematch, quod fieret in St. Ludovici Coliseum in Iovis, December 14, 1922. By this time, American professionales colluctatio extra
Die Saturni, January 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Leo in Russian” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” et 224 pondo, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 pondo. Despite his smaller
Die Jovis, November 22, 1923, St. Ludovicus auctor John Contos hosted card controversiae cumulum compositus inter Joe Stecher et Dan Kolov, et ascendit et veniens Bulgarica luctator. The card was covered by John E. Wray, Ludis Editor pro St. Ludovicus post Mitte. Cardo controversiae fuit quod duae stellarum maximarum in luctatione proscriptae sunt sed non
On a Thursday night, November 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, Novi Eboraci. 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 pondo. Autem, Zbyszko