Category: История на професионалната борба

В събота, Януари 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “The Russian Lion” would have to defeat “Грозни турчинът” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” и 224 паунда, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 паунда. Despite his smaller

На март 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

В четвъртък, Ноември 22, 1923, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Промоутърът на Луис Джон Контос беше домакин на спорна карта, увенчана с мач между Джо Стечър и Дан Колов, един бъдещ български борец. Картата е покрита от Джон Е. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. <Педя bbox_x = "662" bbox_y = "1207" bbox_w = "98" bbox_h = "17" fsize = "11" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t

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

Юсуф Исмаил се бори само в САЩ в продължение на шест месеца през първата половина на 1898. В първия си значим мач, той бе дисквалифициран за груб фал. В единствения му друг значим мач, той даде на Евън “<Педя bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1799" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = "” Луис бие живота си. И все пак краткото му турне из САЩ го превърна в легенда. Ismail entered the

В четвъртък вечер, Ноември 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch срещна полския шампион по борба Станислав Zbyszko за мача хендикап в Buffalo, Ню Йорк. Gotch се съгласи да се откаже от схватката, ако той не може да хвърли Zbyszko два пъти за един час. Размер и сила Zbyszko създадоха проблеми за Gotch, тежащ 190 паунда за Zbyszko на 260 паунда. Обаче, 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 a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they

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. On May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, който

Франк Gotch, момчето ферма от Humboldt, Iowa, ще победят George Hackenschmidt за Wrestling Световното Heavyweight в 1908. Тази победа и последващото му поражение на “Хамалски” в на 1911 реванш циментира мястото Gotch като един от най-великите борци за всички времена. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch