Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Am Freitag,, Mai 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 Minuten. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, his
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Er benutzte
Im Spät 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko reiste in die Vereinigten Staaten, um Welt-Schwergewichts-ringend Meister Frank Gotch Herausforderung. Vor dem Treffen Gotch, Zbyszko tourte durch die USA und kämpfte viele lokale Wrestler den ganzen ersten Teil 1910. Zbyszko reisen würde 37,000 Meilen. Zu Beginn seiner Tour, Zbyszko traf Frank Gotch in einem Handicap Match. Zbyszko besiegte Gotch, wer war
Am Samstag,, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 Minuten. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem besessen
Am Donnerstag,, Januar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins verteidigte seine American Wrestling Championship gegen einen aufstrebenden Wrestler aus Iowa. After the first fall, Die Fans erkannten, dass es das härteste Spiel der Saison war. Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins hatte Gotch’s besiegt
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
Henry Moses Dufur war in den 1870er Jahren Weltmeister im Kragen-und-Ellbogen-Ringen im Schwergewicht. Von 1855, Dufur zog sich vom professionellen Wrestling zurück, um seinem Vollzeitberuf als Bekleidungsschneider nachzugehen. Auch während seiner Wrestling-Karriere, Dufur arbeitete als Schneider. Dufur erzählte dem Korrespondenten von The Boston Globe, dass er in Richford geboren wurde, Vermont im Juni 5, 1943. Dieses Datum von
Im Januar 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Würger” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons war der griechisch-römischen Ringkampf-Champion von Frankreich in den 1890er Jahren. Er gewann ein Turnier in den Folies Bergère-gewinnen, bevor ein Turnier in Russland 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons aktiviert auf dieser Bekanntheit durch die Eröffnung einer Fitnessstudio zu trainieren Ringer und starke Männer. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of