Category: Combat Esports Història

En 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Campió Mundial de Lluita Pes Pesat Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate

Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles

Al desembre 14, 1922, una multitud de 10,000 els aficionats van omplir el St. Louis Coliseum per veure la represa entre l'actual campió mundial de lluita de pes pesat Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis i l'antic campió Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “derrotat” Zbyszko pel títol a Wichita, Kansas al març 1922. Desconegut per aquests aficionats, el pla era que Zbyszko perdés el partit davant Lewis però

Al gener 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” i 210 lliures, “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. Segon,

(Aquesta publicació és un exercici del meu llibre més recent Masked Marvel to the Rescue: El truc que va salvar 1915 Torneig internacional de lluita lliure disponible a Amazon.) La versió de tardor del 1915 El Torneig Internacional de Lluita va tenir problemes d'assistència i interès, quan el promotor Sam Rachmann va aconseguir l'or promocional introduint un lluitador emmascarat al seu torneig. The Masked Marvel va assaltar

Quan Billy Sandow i Ed Lewis van decidir que el regnat del títol de Stanislaus Zbyszko s'havia quedat sense impuls promocional, van decidir “win” tornar el títol al març 1922. St. El promotor de Louis, John Contos, va poder assegurar la gran represa, que es produiria al St. Louis Coliseum el dijous, Desembre 14, 1922. By this time, Lluita professional nord-americana fora de

Dissabte, Gener 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “El lleó rus” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” i 224 lliures, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 lliures. Despite his smaller

Al març de 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. The last fall would be decided via what The New York

On Thursday, Novembre 22, 1923, St. El promotor de Louis, John Contos, va acollir una polèmica targeta rematada per un partit entre Joe Stecher i Dan Kolov, un lluitador búlgar emergent. La targeta va ser coberta per John E. Wray, l'editor esportiu del St. Louis Post-Dispatch. La targeta va ser controvertida perquè es van anunciar dues de les estrelles més grans de la lluita lliure, però no ho van fer

Yusuf Ismail only wrestled in the United States for six months in the first half of 1898. In his first significant match, he was disqualified for a vicious foul. In his only other significant match, he gave Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the