Category: 20Mendeko borroka profesionala

George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, bat 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only

At the end of 1932, 22-year-old Vila Milli sued her husband, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. Hala ere, he did not dismiss the

Frank Gotch dominated American wrestling from 1905 to his retirement in 1913. Gotch, the current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, won the biggest match of his career on April 3, 1908. Gotch defeated current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt in Chicago, Illinois. Gotch proved as dominant a World Champion as he had been as the American Champion. Gotch agreed to

On Thursday, Apirila 29, 1909, Frank Gotch traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to wrestle highly regarded light heavyweight wrestler Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt won the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under his real name, John Berg. Although fans thought well of Berg, they did not see him as a threat to defeat Frank Gotch in a straight match. To increase fan interest

Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. After 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Etatik 1900 arte 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches

(Post hau nire liburu berriaren pasarte bat da, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Erredentzioaren Bila, otsailean argitaratua 2, 2022.) Frank Gotch-en ibilbidearen etorkizunari eragiten zion gertaerarik garrantzitsuena urtarrilean gertatu zen 11, 1911. Gotch Gladys Oestrich ohiarekin ezkondu zen bere gurasoen etxean Humboldten, Iowa. Mrs. Gotchek nahiago zuen Frankek ringetik erretiratzea

Urtarrilaren On 2, 1911, John Lemm borrokalari suitzarrak borroka profesionalen zaleen eta kazetarien barre-sorta aurkitu zuen bere burua. Gertaera Lemm-ek Stanislaus Zbyszko Buffalon borrokatu zuenean gertatu zen, New York. Zaleek Frank Gotchen munduko titulurako hautagai nagusitzat jo zuten Zbyszko. Zbyszko mundu mailako borrokalaria zen, nahiz eta borroka greko-erromatarrean trebeagoa zen harrapatzeko borrokan baino.. Lemm trebea zen

1920ko hamarkadaren hasieran, Tex Rickard-ek gerra deklaratu zion boxeoaren sustapen-kide ohiari, Jack Curley. Curleyk borroka profesionala sustatu zuen New Yorken. Boston eta St. bezalako hiri handietan sustatzaileak ere antolatu zituen. Louis borroka-konfiantza batean sartu zen. Patronatuak Munduko Heavyweight Wrestling Txapelketa kontrolatzen zuen. Konfiantzak edozein borrokalari izoztu zuen, batera joateari uko egin ziotenak

Aste honetako mezua nolabaiteko aitorpena da. Urtez, Idatzi dut Frank Gotch izan zela Stanislaus Zbyszko garaitu zuen borrokalari bakarra Ameriketan zehar egin zuen hasierako biran. 1909 eta 1914. Duela gutxi irakurri dut Borroka lorategian, Bolumen 1: 1875 arte 1939; The Battle for New York - Lanak, Tiroak eta Gurutze Bikoitzak (kidea lotura) arabera