Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 te 1930.
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pond. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Egter, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
Op Kersnag 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the
En “Worger” Lewis is een van die grootste professionele stoeiers en wêreldkampioene van alle tye. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, wat Lewis as promotors en stoeiers begin gebruik het, het professionele stoei oorgeskakel na 'n vooraf gereëlde of "gewerkte" uitstalling. Lewis het oorspronklik die voorste gesigslot of guillotine choke gebruik. Lewis se naamgenoot Evan "Strangler" Lewis het die voorste gesigslot of
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Hy het uiteindelik verseker
Eintlik, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachman se toernooi sou Woensdag begin
Martin “Boer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Egter, Burns was 'n groot stoeier in sy eie reg. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Die worger” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Burns was stil
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Hy het begin stoei toe die pro spel was nog steeds 'n werklike mededinging. Hy het voortgegaan om suksesvol te wees ná die wedstryd verander gewerk (prearranged) wedstryde. In werklikheid, hy het aan 'n skietkompetisie deelgeneem, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 deur sy promotors dubbel te kruis.
Alex Aberg het baie noemenswaardige vyande in die beste jaar van sy professionele stoeiloopbaan verslaan. In 1915, Aberg het aan beide die Lente- en Herfsweergawes van die New York Internasionale Stoeitoernooi deelgeneem. Kompeteer uitsluitlik in sy voorkeurstyl van Grieks-Romeinse stoei, Aberg het dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko en Ed “Worger” Lewis saam met 'n aantal worstelaars.
Fred Beell het professioneel gestoei van 1900 te 1919. Nadat hy 'n legendariese reputasie ontwikkel het weens sommige van sy oorwinnings oor Martin “Boer” Burns, Dan McLeod en Frank Gotch, Beell het afgetree toe hy nader gekom het 43 jaar oud. Sy post stoei loopbaan sou lei tot sy onverwagte dood by 57. Fred Beell het lang kanse oorkom om 'n bekwame professionele stoeier te word
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star