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Posts about combat sports history from 1870 li 1930.
Fuq Awissu 7, 1882, American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Edwin Bibby defended his title against English Champion Joe Acton at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The men wrestled a “catch-as-catch-can” match for the world championship. Madankollu, the public did not recognize the winner of the bout as the world champion. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight
(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: The Quest for Redemption, published on February 2, 2022.) The most important event affecting the future of Frank Gotch’s career occurred on January 11, 1911. Gotch married the former Gladys Oestrich at her parent’s home in Humboldt, Iowa. Sinjura. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which
Fuq Jannar 2, 1911, Swiss wrestler John Lemm found himself the laughingstock of professional wrestling fans and reporters. The incident occurred when Lemm wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko in Buffalo, New York. Fans considered Zbyszko the top contender for Frank Gotch’s world title. Zbyszko was a world class wrestler although more skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling than catch wrestling. Lemm was a skilled
Ottubru 20, 1920, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro Miyake, a Judo and Jujitsu black belt, in a mixed wrestling vs. jujitsu contest. After about 20 sekondi, Santel secured a half-Nelson on Miyake, lifted him off the mat and slammed Miyake to the floor. The impact knocked Miyake senseless. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back
During the early 1920s, Tex Rickard declared war on his former boxing promotional partner, Jack Curley. Curley promoted professional wrestling in New York City. He also organized promoters in large cities such as Boston and St. Louis into a wrestling trust. The trust controlled the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The trust froze out any wrestler, who refused to go along
Fil 1897, Dan McLeod għeleb lil Martin "Farmer" Burns għall-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight. Wara t-telfa, Burns ġġieled part-time hekk kif għamel tranżizzjoni fir-rwol primarju tiegħu ta 'trejner tal-lotta. Over the next 30 snin, Burns ħarreġ il-biċċa l-kbira tal-wrestlers leġittimi tal-qabda fl-Istati Uniti. Burns beda jdur fih 1899, where he would both wrestle an opponent in
This week’s post is a confession of sorts. Għal snin, I have written that Frank Gotch was the only wrestler to defeat Stanislaus Zbyszko during his initial tour of America between 1909 u 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Volum 1: 1875 li 1939; The Battle for New York – Works, Shootes and Double Crosses (link affiljat) minn
Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Traġikament, promoters filmed the biggest matches of the 1910s and 1920s including the second Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt match, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne “Big” Munn, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match
Waħda mir-rakkonti leġġendarji dwar Joe Stecher tikkonċerna kompetizzjoni leġittima li kellu ma’ wieħed minn Martin “Farmer” Ħruq wrestlers, meta Stecher bilkemm kien barra mill-iskola sekondarja. Burns sema’ dwar ir-reputazzjoni dejjem tikber ta’ Stecher u ddeċieda li jittestjah ma’ wieħed mill-wrestlers tiegħu. Għal snin, Ħsibt li Stecher għeleb lil Yusif Mahmout iżda fil-fatt ġġieled lil Yussif Hussane. Il-
Edwin Bibby and Duncan C. Ross established the first recognized professional wrestling championship in the United States on January 19, 1881. The men wrestled catch-as-catch-can style for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. William Muldoon was the World Heavyweight Champion based on his defeat of Thiebaud Bauer in 1880. Andre Christol brought the World Title to the United States in the