Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 naar 1930.
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, de wereldkampioen worstelaar en gewichtheffer in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch hield de titel voor vijf jaar en versloeg alle nieuwkomers. Bij de relatief jonge leeftijd van 35, Gotch besloten met pensioen te gaan. Voor zijn laatste wedstrijd, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Op vrijdag, Mei 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 notulen. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Op augustus 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions heeft Killer Dill uitgebracht (1947), een misdaadfilm waarin professionele worstelaar Mike Mazurki “Little Joe” speelt, een handlanger die beide kanten van een bendevete speelt. Stuart Erwin schittert als Johnny ‘Killer’ Dill, een lingerieontwerper en -verkoper, die mensen aanzien voor een gangster. Nadat hij per ongeluk betrokken was bij een bendeoorlog, zijn
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. Hij gebruikte
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, who was
Op zaterdag, 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 notulen. 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 bezeten
Op donderdag, Januari 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins verdedigde zijn American Wrestling Championship tegen een opkomende worstelaar uit Iowa. After the first fall, de fans beseften dat dit de zwaarste wedstrijd van de c Frank Alvin Gotch was, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins had Gotch verslagen
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 was in de jaren 1870 wereldkampioen zwaargewicht worstelen met kraag en elleboog. Door 1855, Dufur stopte met het professionele worstelen om zijn fulltime beroep van kledingmaker uit te oefenen. Zelfs tijdens zijn worstelcarrière, Dufur werkte als kleermaker. Dufur vertelde de correspondent van The Boston Globe dat hij in Richford was geboren, Vermont in juni 5, 1943. Deze datum van
In januari 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Worger” 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.