Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 la 1930.
La inceputul 1911, publicul wrestling considerat trei oameni pentru a fi cea mai mare provocare a domnea campionul mondial Frank Gotch. Fostul campion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko și “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout vrut șansa de a bate Gotch. Gotch, care a fost prost nimănui, a decis să scoată o parte din amidon de la provocatorii săi potrivindu-i
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Planul lui Rachmann de a înființa Aberg mergea conform planului după începerea turneului
Decembrie 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Şeful Two Feathers a intrat în
În 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. În 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former
In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Wrestler mai de temut a secolului al 19-lea. Evan Lewis era un expert supunere calificat în timpul legitim perioada de wrestling profesionist, deși el a luat parte la câteva prestabilite meciuri. In January 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “sugruma pe Sorakichi la
Ed “Strangler” Lewis este unul dintre cei mai buni doi luptători profesioniști americani din toate timpurile. În timp ce Lewis a fost un luptător de supunere legitim, care putea învinge pe oricine într-un concurs de lupte, a lucrat aproape exclusiv în meciuri expoziţionale prestabilite. În 1929, a luat parte la un meci cu un fotbalist profesionist devenit luptător, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg era pe Steam Roller Providence,
Luni, Decembrie 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis a câștigat primul din șase campionate mondiale de lupte grele de la Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher și Lewis s-au întâlnit într-un meci care a durat peste trei ore. Lewis a făcut o eroare mentală în
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Salahor” în St. Louis during the 1904 Fair lume. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 în Chicago,
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Modul de a trăi în sănătate și putere (affiliate link) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 years until losing his