Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
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. However, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, som reiste til Amerika for å møte Frank Gotch etter at han beseiret
On Christmas Night 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko møtte Giovanni Raicievich i en etterlengtet tungvektsbrytende kamp. Zbyszko, som var kampanje for en omkamp med verdens tungvekts brytningsmester Frank Gotch, gikk med på å kaste Raicevich 3 ganger i 90 minutter eller blir erklært taperen. Da mennene kom inn i den berømte Madison Square Garden i New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the
Og “Strangler” Lewis er en av de største profesjonelle bryterne og verdensmesterne gjennom tidene. Lewis’ signatur trekk var kvelertak, som Lewis begynte å bruke som promotører og brytere, overførte profesjonell bryting til en forhåndsarrangert eller "arbeidet" utstilling. Lewis brukte opprinnelig frontansiktslåsen eller giljotinen choke. Lewis’ navnebror Evan “Strangler” Lewis laget frontansiktet låst eller
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. He finally secured
Egentlig, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, 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’s tournament was to start Wednesday
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. However, 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 “The Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. I 1893, Burns was still
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Han begynte bryting når pro spillet var fortsatt en faktisk konkurranse. Han fortsatte å være vellykket etter kampen endret til worked (prearranged) fyrstikker. Faktisk, han deltok i en skytekonkurranse, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 ved å krysse promotørene hans.
Alex Aberg beseiret mange bemerkelsesverdige fiender i det største året i sin profesjonelle brytekarriere. I 1915, Aberg konkurrerte i både vår- og høstversjonen av New York International Wrestling Tournament. Konkurrerer utelukkende i sin foretrukne stil med gresk-romersk bryting, Aberg beseiret Dr.. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko og Ed “Strangler” Lewis sammen med en rekke svennebrytere.
Fred Beell kjempet profesjonelt fra 1900 til 1919. Etter å ha utviklet et legendarisk rykte på grunn av noen av hans seire over Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod og Frank Gotch, Beell trakk seg tilbake da han nærmet seg 43 år. Hans karriere etter bryting ville føre til hans uventede død kl 57. Fred Beell overvant lange odds for å bli en kompetent profesjonell bryter
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