Category: Professionele stoeigeskiedenis

Op Saterdag, Januarie 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “The Russian Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” en 224 pond, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 pond. Despite his smaller

Op Maart 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. The last fall would be decided via what The New York

On Thursday, November 22, 1923, St. Louis-promotor John Contos het 'n omstrede kaart aangebied met 'n wedstryd tussen Joe Stecher en Dan Kolov, 'n opkomende Bulgaarse stoeier. Die kaart is gedek deur John E. Wray, die sportredakteur vir die St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Die kaart was omstrede omdat twee van die grootste sterre in stoei geadverteer is, maar nie

Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star

Yusuf Ismail het in die eerste helfte van slegs ses maande in die Verenigde State gestoei 1898. In sy eerste betekenisvolle wedstryd, hy is gediskwalifiseer vir 'n kwaai oortreding. In sy enigste ander betekenisvolle wedstryd, het hy vir Evan gegee “Worger” Lewis die pak slae van sy lewe. Tog het sy kort toer deur die Verenigde State van hom 'n legende gemaak. Ismail het die

Op 'n Donderdag aand, November 25, 1909, World Wrestling Kampioen Frank Gotch ontmoet Pools Wrestling Kampioen Stanislaus Zbyszko vir 'n voorgee wedstryd in Buffalo, New York. Gotch ingestem om die bout te verbeur as hy nie kon gooi Zbyszko twee keer in 'n uur. Zbyszko se grootte en krag probleme skep vir Gotch, wat geweeg 190 pond te Zbyszko se 260 pond. Egter, Zbyszko

Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in

In 'n blogpos verlede maand, Ek het geskryf oor die probleme wat promotors gehad het om die Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard-wedstryd op te voer. Oorspronklik geskeduleer vir Omaha, Nebraska, die Omaha-polisiehoof en polisiekommissaris was bekommerd oor die wedstryd wat vooraf gereël is of a “work”. Hulle wou nie hê dat dobbelaars deur die uitstalling ingeneem word nie. Om hierdie gebeurtenis te voorkom, hulle

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, wat

Frank Gotch, die plaas seun van Humboldt, Iowa, sou verslaan George Hackenschmidt vir die wêreld swaargewig Wrestling kampioenskap in 1908. Hierdie oorwinning en sy daaropvolgende nederlaag van “Hack” in die 1911 herontmoeting gevestig Gotch se plek as een van die grootste stoeiers van alle tye. Gotch was 'n baie talentvolle stoeier maar hy was nie die onoorwonne wunderkind van die legende. Gotch