Category: Professional Wrestling History

روز شنبه, ژانویه 30, 1904, جورج Hackenschmidt مسابقات قهرمانی کشتی فرنگی جهان خود را در برابر احمد Medrali دفاع. “روسیه شیر” باید شکست “خیلی ترک” برای حفظ قهرمانی خود. مروج انتخاب Medrali غول, که 6 بود’02” و 224 پوند, به شکست Hackenschmidt به ظاهر شکست ناپذیر. جورج Hackenschmidt تنها 5 ایستاده بود’09” بلند و وزن 209 پوند. Despite his smaller

در ماه مارس 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

در روز پنج شنبه, نوامبر 22, 1923, خیابان. جان کونتوس، مروج لوئیس، میزبان کارتی جنجالی بود که در راس آن مسابقه بین جو استچر و دن کولوف بود., یک کشتی گیر پیشرو بلغاری. این کارت توسط جان ای. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. لوئیس پست دیسپچ. 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

Yusuf Ismail only wrestled in the United States for six months in the first half of 1898. In his first significant match, he was disqualified for a vicious foul. In his only other significant match, he gave Evan “<طول bbox_x = "976" bbox_y = "1956" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = "” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the

در شب پنجشنبه, نوامبر 25, 1909, کشتی قهرمان جهان فرانک Gotch کشتی لهستانی قهرمان استنیسلاس Zbyszko برای یک مسابقه نقص در بوفالو ملاقات, نیویورک. Gotch در یک ساعت موافقت به جریمه تقلا اگر او می تواند Zbyszko پرتاب نمی دو بار. اندازه و قدرت Zbyszko مشکلات برای Gotch ایجاد, که وزن 190 پوند به این Zbyszko 260 پوند. <طول bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", Zbyszko

Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “الکس” 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. در اول ماه مه 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, که

فرانک Gotch, پسر روستایی از هومبولت, آیووا, که جورج Hackenschmidt برای مسابقات قهرمانی کشتی سنگین وزن جهان در شکست 1908. این پیروزی و شکست پس از آن خود را از “مزدور” در 1911 مسابقه برگشت محل Gotch را به عنوان یکی از بزرگترین کشتی گیران در تمام دوران سمان. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch