Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 arte 1930.
Borroka profesionala atletismo-erakusketa bihurtu zen legezko lehiaketetatik bi arrazoirengatik. Lehen arrazoiari buruz asko idatzi dut. Trebetasun berdineko borrokalarien arteko lehia zilegiak luzeak ziren askotan, ekintza gutxiko kontu aspergarriak. Lehiaketa hauek zaleak itzali zituzten eta borroka profesionalak ikusle-kirol gisa lehertzea eragotzi zuten. Bigarren arrazoiaz ez dut hainbeste idatzi. The
Astelehenean, Martxoa 26, 1888, Joe Acton, harrapatzeko borrokan espezializatu zena, borrokatu zuen William Miller irakasleak, borrokalari australiar bat, eta mutur hutseko sarilaria, hirutik bi eroriko borroka greko-erromatar partidan. Bi gizonezkoen kanpamentuek uste zuten partida estilo honetan borrokatzeak beraien arteko lehiarik zuzenena bermatzen zuela. Gizonak borrokan aritu ziren $500.00 alde bat. 1,500 fans, jendetza handia garairako, buelta emanda
1910eko hamarkadaren hasieran Kentuckyn borroka egin aurretik, Borroka zaleek Ed "Strangler" Lewis Bob Fredrichs bezala ezagutzen zuten. Nekoosan jaio zen Robert Friedrich, Wisconsin, Lewis-ek bere borroka profesionalean debutatu zuen 1905, oraindik bakarrik 14 urte. Kentuckyko sustatzaileek Bob Fredrichs arruntegia pentsatu zuten, beraz, Lewis-ek bere izen berria aukeratu zuen Wisconsineko bertako eta jatorrizko lagunari omenaldi gisa
At nearly 70 urte, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking
Maiatzaren On 7, 1901, Tom Jenkinsek Nouralah Hassan erraldoiarekin borrokatu zuen New Yorken. Bulgarian jaio zen bitartean 1870, Hassan sei oin zegoen, zortzi zentimetroko altuera eta pisua zuen 331 libera. Jenkinsek borrokarako trebetasun handia zuen bitartean, zaleek eta kazetariek Hassanen tamaina izugarriak Jenkinsi arazoak ekartzea espero zuten. Sustatzaileek gizonezkoak Madison Square Garden-en borrokatzeko erreserbatu zituzten
Ostiralean, Ekaina 29, 1883, fourteen wrestlers paid $50 to enter a two-day tournament for a $500 championship belt and $500 prize. Richard K. Fox, owner and publisher of the Police Gazette, put up the prize money and belt. Fox avidly supported the promotion of both professional boxing and professional wrestling. While fourteen men attempted to enter the tournament, Fox
Abuztuaren On 4, 1939, Mort Henderson passed away in Rochester, New York at 60 urte. Wrestling fans likely did not remember the name Mort Henderson but as his alter ego, the original Masked Marvel, he saved the fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament with the goal of
Urriaren On 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Scottish catch wrestler Dan McLeod. Burns and McLeod were two of the top three or four catch-as-catch-can wrestlers in the United States at the time. 1,200 fans attended the match held at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy
George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, bat 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only
At the end of 1932, 22-year-old Vila Milli sued her husband, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. Hala ere, he did not dismiss the