Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Op april 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Worger” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. In
Frank J. Quinn, a local St. Louis attorney, served as the manager for professional wrestlers George Baptise, Charley Olson and Fred Beell. Originally an admirer of George Baptiste, who was a legend in the St. Louis neighborhood around Cook and Vandeventer Avenues. Baptiste would employ Quinn as his manger and later attorney for his tent and awning company. During his
In early 1916, Martin “Boer” Burns, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns
Tegen het einde van de jaren 1910, professionele worstelpromotoren boekten worstelaars voor bewerkte of vooraf afgesproken worstelwedstrijden. Occasionally, meestal als gevolg van een dubbele kruising, fans zouden een echte wedstrijd zien of “shoot” wedstrijd tussen de worstelaars. Eén van deze wedstrijden vond laat plaats 1921 en ontstond uit een vete tussen Tex Rickard, in de eerste plaats een bokspromotor, en Jac
Op december 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, in Gotch's laatste
Het bericht van deze week is bedoeld om het verhaal af te ronden van de dubbele kruising waarbij Dick Shikat en Danno O’Mahony betrokken zijn. De oorsprong van de dubbele cross begon eigenlijk in een wedstrijd met Ed “Worger” Lewis in Madison Square Garden in juni 9, 1932. Terwijl deze wedstrijd een afgesproken tentoonstelling was, de worstelaars hadden erover gediscussieerd dat Lewis de riem zou laten vallen
Op mei 21, 1915, het International Wrestling Tournament begon in New York. Samuel Rachman bevorderde de gebeurtenis als een manier om te laten zien Europees Grieks-Romeins worstelen kampioen Alek Aberg. Rachman geloofde Aberg was de natuurlijke opvolger van World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, die in pensioen 1913. Op de eerste dag van het toernooi, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
Op juni 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.
Op maart 22, 1919, En “Worger” Lewis met Wladek Zbyszko for the vacant World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. In a surprise victory, Zbyszko defeated Lewis to claim the title. Unfortunately for Wladek Zbyszko, he would only have a cup of coffee with the belt. A month or two later, Zbyszko lost the title to Joe Stetcher. This match was most likely