Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, svjetski prvak hrvač i dizač utega u 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch održan naslov za pet godina, a poraženi sve comers. U relativno mladoj dobi 35, Gotch odlučio otići u mirovinu. Na svojoj posljednjoj utakmici, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
U petak, Svibanj 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 zapisnik. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Kolovoza 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions izdao je Killer Dill (1947), kriminalistički film koji profesionalni hrvač Mike Mazurki glumi “Little Joe”, privrženik koji igra obje strane sukoba bandi. Stuart Erwin glumi Johnnyja "Ubojicu" Dill-a, dizajner donjeg rublja i prodavač, koga ljudi pogrešno smatraju gangsterom. Nakon što se slučajno upleo u rat bandi, njegov
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. Koristio je
In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, koji je bio
U subotu, Studeni 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 zapisnik. 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 je opsjednut
On Thursday, Siječanj 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins obranio je titulu prvaka Amerike u hrvanju protiv hrvača u usponu iz Iowe. After the first fall, navijači su shvatili da je to bio najteži meč c Franka Alvina Gotcha, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins je pobijedio Gotcha
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Studeni 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 bio je svjetski prvak u hrvanju kragnom i laktom u teškoj kategoriji tijekom 1870-ih. Po 1855, Dufur se povukao iz profesionalnog hrvanja kako bi se posvetio svom stalnom zanimanju krojača odjeće. Čak i tijekom hrvačke karijere, Dufur je radio kao krojač. Dufur je dopisniku Boston Globea rekao da je rođen u Richfordu, lipnja u Vermontu 5, 1943. Ovaj datum od
In January 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Davitelj” 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.