Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Příspěvky o historii profesionálního wrestlingu od 1870 na 1930.
Rozhodl jsem se začít 2020 pomocí dvou příkladů z profesionálního wrestlingu k diskusi, proč byste změnili historický účet, který jste napsali v minulosti. Při psaní historie, jste omezeni dostupnými zdroji k danému tématu. Primární zdroje, jako jsou deníky, úřední záznamy a autobiografie jsou velmi cenné. Jiné zdroje, jako jsou noviny, jsou také dobré, ale
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Zemědělec” Burns se setkal s malým, ale mocným Fredem Beellem. Zatímco oba zápasníci vážili 165 liber, “Zemědělec” Burns stál 5:11” k Beellově 5’04”. Dvaatřicetiletý Beell měl oproti 47letému Burnsovi velkou věkovou výhodu. Burns debutoval v 1879, když byly Beellovi 3 roky. Muži byli na programu v Omaze, Nebraska, one
Ve stejný den zápasil Joe Stecher se Stanislausem Zbyszkem o uznávanou verzi mistrovství světa v těžké váze v St.. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 liber, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ reputation was strongly
Dne 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. V
Frank J. Quinn, a local St. Louis attorney, served as the manager for professional wrestlers George Baptise, Charley Olson and Fred Beell. Originally an admirer of George Baptiste, who was a legend in the St. Louis neighborhood around Cook and Vandeventer Avenues. Baptiste would employ Quinn as his manger and later attorney for his tent and awning company. During his
In early 1916, Martin “Zemědělec” Burns, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns
Do konce 10. let 20. století, profesionální wrestlingoví promotéři rezervovali zápasníky v odpracovaných nebo předem domluvených wrestlingových zápasech. Occasionally, obvykle v důsledku dvojitého kříže, fanoušci by viděli skutečnou soutěž nebo “shoot” zápas mezi zápasníky. Jeden z těchto zápasů se odehrál pozdě 1921 a vznikl ze sporu mezi Texem Rickardem, především propagátor boxu, a Jack
Prosince 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, v Gotchově posledním