Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Ammattipaini kehittyi laillisista kilpailuista urheilunäyttelyksi kahdesta syystä. Olen kirjoittanut laajasti ensimmäisestä syystä. Lailliset kilpailut yhtä taitavien painijoiden välillä olivat usein pitkiä, tylsiä asioita vähällä toiminnalla. Nämä kilpailut sammuttivat fanit ja estivät ammattilaispainin räjähtämisen katsojalajiksi. En ole kirjoittanut niin paljon toisesta syystä. The
Maanantaina, Maaliskuu 26, 1888, Joe Acton, joka on erikoistunut saalispainiin, paini professori William Miller, australialainen painija, ja paljas rystysettelijä, kaksi kolmesta putoamassa kreikkalais-roomalaisessa painiottelussa. Molemmat miesten leirit uskoivat ottelun painimisen tällä tyylillä varmistavan reiluimman kilpailun heidän välillään. Miehet painivat puolesta $500.00 yksi puoli. 1,500 fans, aikakaudelle suuri joukko, kääntyi
Prior to wrestling in Kentucky in the early 1910s, wrestling fans knew Ed “Strangler” Lewis as Bob Fredrichs. Born Robert Friedrich in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis made his professional wrestling debut in 1905, while still only 14 vuotias. Kentucky promoters thought Bob Fredrichs too plain, so Lewis chose his new name as an homage to fellow Wisconsin native and original
At nearly 70 vuotiaita, 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
Toukokuun 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins paini jättiläinen Nouralah Hassanin kanssa New Yorkissa. Born in Bulgaria during 1870, Hassan stood six feet, eight inches tall and weighed 331 kiloa. While Jenkins possessed superior wrestling skill, fans and reporters expected Hassan’s immense size to present problems for Jenkins. Promoters booked the men to wrestle at Madison Square Garden in
Perjantaina, Kesäkuu 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
On August 4, 1939, Mort Henderson passed away in Rochester, New York at 60 vuotiaita. 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
Lokakuun 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, a 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. Kuitenkin, he did not dismiss the