Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Inlägg om professionell brottningshistoria från 1870 till 1930.
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “Den Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, bestämde sig för att ta lite av stärkelsen ur sina utmanare genom att matcha dem
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. Rachmanns plan för att etablera Aberg gick som planerat efter att turneringen startade
På December 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. Chief Two Feathers gick in i
I 1880, William Muldoon skulle bli världsheavyweight Wrestling mästare i grekisk-romersk stil efter att ha besegrat Thiebaud Bauer, den regerande mästaren. Innan han skulle utföra denna bedrift, Muldoon fick betala sina avgifter och förbereda sig för titeln lutning med Bauer. I 1876, Muldoon uppmärksammades av förre nakna mästare knogen PROFFSBOXNING värld 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: Den mest fruktade Wrestler av 19th Century. Evan Lewis var en skicklig inlämning expert under den legitima yrkesmässig brottning eran trots att han deltog i ett par uppgjort matcher. I januari 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strypa Sorakichi till
Och “Strangler” Lewis är en av de två bästa amerikanska professionella brottarna genom tiderna. Medan Lewis var en legitim brottare för underkastelse, som kunde slå vem som helst i en brottningstävling, han arbetade nästan uteslutande i förutbestämda utställningsmatcher. I 1929, han deltog i en match med professionell fotbollsspelare blev brottare, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg var på Providence Steam Roller,
På måndag, December 13, 1920, Och “Strangler” Lewis vann det första av sex World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships från Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Ett år innan denna match, Stecher och Lewis möttes i en match som varade över tre timmar. Lewis gjorde ett mentalt misstag
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 “Hack” i St. Louis during the 1904 Världsutställningen. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (affiliate länk) 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 år tills han förlorade sin