Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 para 1930.
The following excerpt is from my new book Double Crossing the Gold Dust Trio, which will be out this summer. During the summer (of 1921), the Zbyszko brothers received word that their mother was gravely ill. Making quick preparation, they let Curley and the other promoters know they would be leaving as soon as they could arrange passage on a
Charles Green, a skilled English catch-as-catch-can wrestler, traveled to the United States in the late 1880s to wrestle the best American wrestlers. Green got his opportunity on July 21, 1889, when he wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion Evan Lewis. To prepare for this match, Green took a handicap bout with journeyman wrestler Bert Scheller in late June. Scheller was born
En xaneiro de 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg defendeu o seu título mundial da AWA, baseado na promoción de Boston de Paul Bowser, no Boston Arena contra o ex campión do mundo Joe Stecher. Dous minutos de película sobreviviron ao partido dunha hora de duración. Gus Sonnenberg trocou a súa celebridade como xogador de fútbol profesional para converterse nunha estrela da loita libre. Sonnenberg axudou ao Providence Steam Roller a gañar
Whether it was a double-cross or an attempt to setup a legitimate contest, Paul Bowser’s attempt to secure a match between Joe Stecher and Joe Malcewicz nearly resulted in a riot on March 11, 1926. Events of the previous year actually set this debacle into motion. From the end of 1922, the Gold Dust Trio of Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis, seu
Tom Jenkins had the distinction of being the only wrestler to defeat Frank Gotch multiple times. Jenkins and Gotch traded the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship between 1902 e 1906. At the time of this match, Jenkins was the champion again. Fred Beell had been campaigning for a match with Jenkins for months. Beell finally convinced Jenkins to meet him but
No 33 aniversario de Joe Acton, Marzo 8, 1885, loitou co seu compatriota Tom Cannon nun partido de 2 de 3 caídas no Sportsman Park de Nova Orleans, Louisiana. Acton e Cannon tiveron unha longa historia xuntos. Os dous homes naceron en Inglaterra a principios 1952. Cannon naceu un mes máis tarde que Acton en abril 19, 1852. Both men started wrestling in the
Joseph “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow
Cando se discute o título de Stanislaus Zbyszko reinado 1921 para 1922, a principal razón dada para quitarlle o título foi que o seu reinado foi un fracaso de taquilla. Os números validan esta crenza? Antes de gañar o campionato, Zbyszko loitou contra o antigo campión Joe Stecher na Armería do Rexemento 71 diante 7,000 fans. En 1915, o
Cando William Muldoon se retirou como campión mundial de loita grecorromana de peso pesado 1889, non había un sucesor preparado para o campionato. Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis foi o mellor loitador dos Estados Unidos sen o nome de William Muldoon, pero a súa especialidade era a loita libre como catch-can.. O mellor loitador grecorromano estadounidense, Clarence Whistler, morrera en Australia durante 1885. O sucesor escollido por Muldoon era alemán
Joe Stecher comezou 1915, un ano fatídico para a súa carreira, cunha vitoria sobre Adolph Ernst. Ernst loitou baixo o nome de Otto Carpenter para este partido pero era coñecido polos fanáticos da loita libre como Ad Santel.. Santel tiña unha merecida fama de vicioso “hooker”, un loitador hábil na submisión ten. Stecher era un nebrascano de 22 anos, quen fixo