Category: Μαχητικά Αθλήματα Ιστορία

Joe Stecher και John “Άνθρωπος Τίγρης” Ο Πέσεκ ήταν νόμιμοι παλαιστές κατά κύριο λόγο “worked” εποχή, όπου οι αγώνες ήταν προκαθορισμένοι εκτός και αν κάποιος αποφάσιζε να κάνει διπλό σταυρό του άλλου παλαιστή ή προπονητή μετατρέποντας τον αγώνα σε νόμιμο διαγωνισμό. Οι διπλοί σταυροί λειτούργησαν μόνο, αν ο παλαιστής μπορούσε να κερδίσει νόμιμα τον αγώνα. Ο John Pesek δεν του άρεσε η εργατική φύση της πάλης και συχνά γύριζε

Σε 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Παγκόσμιος Πρωταθλητής πάλης βαρέων βαρών Ed “Strangler” 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

Τον Δεκέμβριο 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Λουδοβίκος “νίκησε” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but

Τον Ιανουάριο του 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” και 210 λίρες, “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. Δεύτερος,

(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 την Πέμπτη, Δεκέμβριος 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of

Το Σάββατο, Ιανουάριος 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” και 224 λίρες, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 λίρες. Despite his smaller

Τον Μάρτιο του 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

Την Πέμπτη, Νοέμβριος 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