Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Stanislaus Zbyszko kiersi Yhdysvalloissa vuonna 1910 valmistautuessaan mestaruusotteluun raskaansarjan painin maailmanmestarin Frank Gotchin kanssa myöhemmin tänä vuonna. Hänen kiertueensa toi hänet St. Louis toukokuussa 29, 1910. Zbyszkon oli määrä tavata arvostettu kevyen raskaansarjan grappler Charley Olson. Olson oli taitava painija, joka harjoitteli St. Louisin painija George
Huhtikuun 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 vuotta. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Tiistaina, Maaliskuu 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 ja 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, joka oli 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Valitettavasti, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.
Tammikuu 10, 1910, äskettäin saapui Puolan painija Stanislaus Zbyszko otti Charlie “Kid” Cutler on paras kahden-out-of-kolme falls ottelussa. Cutler oli ollut nyrkkeilijä seurue ajaa John L. Sullivan ennen siirryttäessä paini. Vaikka Cutler oli erittäin kova, Stanislaus Zbyszko oli paini nuoruudestaan. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Joulukuun 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch menetti kolmen viikon taistelun ureemisen myrkytys. Lääkärit yrittivät pitää hänen munuaiset läpi operaatio Chicagossa mutta vain väliaikaisesti,. Gotch tarkoitus matkustaa Hot Springs, Arkansas yrittää palauttaa hänen terveytensä. Toiminta päättyi tämän toivon. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Maanantaina, Helmikuu 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton tapasi Battery D:ssä Chicagossa, Illinois. Se olisi ensimmäinen useista miesten välisistä näyttelyotteluista. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. In this episode, I discuss what Evan “The Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Pääsisältöön – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Kuitenkin, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” paini edistäminen ja voittaa Munn