Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Joe Stecher a John “Tigrí muž” Pešek boli legitímni zápasníci v prvom rade “worked” éra, kde boli zápasy vopred určené, pokiaľ sa niekto nerozhodol zdvojnásobiť druhého zápasníka alebo promotéra tak, že zo zápasu urobí legitímnu súťaž. Fungovali iba dvojkríže, ak by zápasník mohol zákonite vyhrať zápas. John Pesek nemal rád pracnú povahu wrestlingu a často sa obracal
V 1922, Newyorský promotér Jack Curley sa dostal do konfliktu s Gold Dust Trio, manažér Billy Sandow, Majster sveta v zápasení v ťažkej váhe Ed “Strangler” Lewis a zápasník/propagačný génius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. Trio kontrolovalo svetový šampionát a zmrazilo Curleyho z rezervy šampióna. Vyrovnať sa s Triom, Curley začal agresívne propagovať strieborného medailistu a kolegu z olympijského zápasu
Stanislaus Zbyszko odcestoval do Spojených štátov v r 1909 hľadá zápas s uznávaným majstrom sveta v ťažkej váhe Frankom Gotchom. Aby ste sa dostali do formy na túto výzvu a vybudovali si očakávania na zápas o titul, Zbyskzo precestoval väčšinu veľkých miest v Spojených štátoch. During May 1910, Zbyszko pricestoval do St. Louis za zápas so schopným zápasníkom Charlesom
Decembra 14, 1922, dav 10,000 fanúšikovia zaplnili St. Louis Coliseum sledovať odvetný zápas medzi aktuálnym majstrom sveta v zápasení v ťažkej váhe Ed “Strangler” Lewis a bývalý šampión Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko o titul vo Wichite, Kansas v marci 1922. Pre týchto fanúšikov neznáme, plán bol taký, že Zbyszko prehrá zápas s Lewisom ale
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” a 210 libier, “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 vo štvrtok, December 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
V sobotu, Január 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” a 224 libier, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 libier. Despite his smaller
On Thursday, November 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-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
On a Thursday night, November 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 libier. Však, Zbyszko