Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 til 1930.
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pounds. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Men, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, der rejste til Amerika for at tage imod Frank Gotch, efter at han havde besejret
Julenat 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko mødte Giovanni Raicievich i en længe ventet sværvægtsbrydningskamp. Zbyszko, som kæmpede for en omkamp med verdensmester i sværvægtsbrydning Frank Gotch, gik med til at smide Raicevich 3 gange ind 90 minutter eller blive erklæret som taber. Da mændene trådte ind i den berømte Madison Square Garden i New York City, Zbyszko var tydeligvis den
Ed “Strangler” Lewis er en af de største professionelle wrestlere og verdensmestre gennem tiderne. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, som Lewis begyndte at bruge som promotorer og wrestlere, overførte professionel brydning til en forudaftalt eller "arbejdet" udstilling. Lewis brugte oprindeligt front face lock eller guillotine choker. Lewis’ namesake Evan “Strangler” Lewis made the front face lock or
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. Han sikrede sig endelig
Faktisk, 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. Rachmans turnering skulle starte onsdag
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Men, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Den Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. I 1893, Burns var stille
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Han begyndte brydning når pro spillet var stadig en egentlig konkurrence. Han fortsatte med at være en succes efter kampen ændret til bearbejdet (prearranged) tændstikker. Faktisk, han deltog i en skydekonkurrence, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 ved at krydse sine promotorer.
Alex Aberg besejrede mange bemærkelsesværdige fjender i det største år af sin professionelle brydningskarriere. I 1915, Aberg konkurrerede i både forårs- og efterårsversionen af New York International Wrestling Tournament. Konkurrer udelukkende i hans foretrukne stil med græsk-romersk brydning, Aberg besejrede Dr.. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko og Ed “Strangler” Lewis sammen med en række svendebrydere.
Fred Beell kæmpede professionelt fra 1900 til 1919. Efter at have udviklet et legendarisk ry på grund af nogle af hans sejre over Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod og Frank Gotch, Beell trak sig tilbage, da han nærmede sig 43 år. Hans postwrestling-karriere ville føre til hans uventede død kl 57. Fred Beell overvandt lange odds for at blive en kompetent professionel wrestler
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