Category: 20th Century Professional Wrestling

Si George Tragos ay nakakuha ng katanyagan bilang tagapagsanay ng Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, isang 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. Gayunman, 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

Sa Huwebes, Abril 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. Pagkatapos 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Mula sa 1900 upang 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches

(Ang post na ito ay isang sipi mula sa aking bagong libro, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Ang Paghahanap para sa Katubusan, inilathala noong Pebrero 2, 2022.) Ang pinakamahalagang kaganapan na nakakaapekto sa hinaharap ng karera ni Frank Gotch ay naganap noong Enero 11, 1911. Ikinasal si Gotch sa dating Gladys Oestrich sa tahanan ng kanyang magulang sa Humboldt, Iowa. Mrs. Mas gusto ni Gotch na magretiro si Frank sa singsing na

Sa Enero 2, 1911, Natagpuan ng Swiss wrestler na si John Lemm ang kanyang sarili na pinagtatawanan ng mga propesyonal na tagahanga ng wrestling at mga mamamahayag. Naganap ang insidente nang makipagbuno si Lemm kay Stanislaus Zbyszko sa Buffalo, New York. Itinuring ng mga tagahanga si Zbyszko na nangungunang contender para sa world title ni Frank Gotch. Si Zbyszko ay isang world class wrestler kahit na mas sanay sa Greco-Roman wrestling kaysa catch wrestling. Si Lemm ay isang sanay

Noong unang bahagi ng 1920s, Si Tex Rickard ay nagdeklara ng digmaan sa kanyang dating boxing promotional partner, Jack Curley. Isinulong ni Curley ang propesyonal na pakikipagbuno sa New York City. Nag-organisa din siya ng mga promotor sa malalaking lungsod tulad ng Boston at St. Louis sa isang wrestling trust. Kinokontrol ng tiwala ang World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Ang tiwala ay nagyelo sa sinumang mambubuno, na tumangging sumama

Ang post sa linggong ito ay isang uri ng pagtatapat. Para sa mga taon, Isinulat ko na si Frank Gotch ang nag-iisang wrestler na nakatalo kay Stanislaus Zbyszko sa kanyang unang paglilibot sa Amerika sa pagitan ng 1909 at 1914. Nabasa ko kamakailan ang Wrestling in the Garden, Volume 1: 1875 upang 1939; Ang Labanan para sa New York – Gumagana, Shoots at Double Crosses (affiliate link) sa pamamagitan ng