Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 naar 1930.
Paul Pons was the Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion of France in the 1890s. He won a tournament at the Folies-Bergeres before winning a tournament in Russia in 1898. Door deze overwinningen kon hij het Wereldkampioenschap Grieks-Romeins worstelen claimen. Pons capitalized on this notoriety by opening a gym to train wrestlers and strong men. Pons’ de overwinning was bijzonder opmerkelijk vanwege
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
In late 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Boer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Echter, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Door 1902, George
Henry Moses Dufur specialiseerde zich in kraag-en-elleboogworstelen toen Dufur professioneel worstelde in de jaren 1870 en 1880. Geboren in mei 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur worstelde voornamelijk in het noordoosten van de Verenigde Staten. Op juni 27, 1878, Dufur worstelde een terugwedstrijd met een worstelaar genaamd Cox in het Boston Baseball Park voor vijfhonderd fans. Vijfhonderd fans
Op augustus 26, 1886, Evan “Worger” Lewis ontmoet de Britse Wrestling kampioen Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tijdens de legitieme worstelen tijdperk, andere worstelaars vreesden de krachtige Lewis vanwege zijn wurggreep. Lewis in dienst van een arteria carotis wurgen bekend als het achter naakte vernauwing in Judo. Dat was tenminste wat ik oorspronkelijk dacht en de meeste historici hebben geciteerd. Modern
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 van een gehate rivaal
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Op mei 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, die
When thinking about African American history month, I thought about the first great Black wrestler that I saw personally. When I started watching wrestling in St. Louis during 1979, “Sailor” Art Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, our local weekly wrestling show. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 a.m. on KPLR Channel 11. Although Thomas