Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 to 1930.
Le samedi, Janvier 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” and 224 livres, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 livres. Despite his smaller
Sur Mars 22, 1881, Champion gréco-romaine World Wrestling William Muldoon rencontré Champion du Monde Collar-and-Elbow John McMahon à la Terrasse Jardin à New York. Muldoon et McMahon sont réunis à un best-deux-out-of-trois chutes match de. La première chute a été menée par des règles gréco-romaines. La deuxième chute serait contestée en utilisant des règles collier et coude. The last fall would be decided via what The New York
Le jeudi, Novembre 22, 1923, St. Joe Stecher lance Dan Kolov, Joe Stecher lance Dan Kolov. Joe Stecher lance Dan Kolov. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
Les entreprises de diffusion ont été la recherche de contenu pendant les premiers jours de la télévision. Outre les films plus anciens et des productions de la société de diffusion, sports étaient une source de la programmation des stations de télévision de nombreux. 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 n'a lutté aux États-Unis que pendant six mois au cours de la première moitié de 1898. Dans son premier match significatif, il a été disqualifié pour une faute vicieuse. Dans son seul autre match significatif, il a donné à Evan “Strangler” Lewis la raclée de sa vie. Pourtant, sa courte tournée aux États-Unis a fait de lui une légende. Ismail entered the
On a Thursday night, Novembre 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 livres. Cependant, 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 “travail”. 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. Sur mai 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, qui
Frank Gotch, le garçon de ferme de Humboldt, Iowa, irait à l'encontre George Hackenschmidt pour le championnat de la World Wrestling Heavyweight 1908. Cette victoire et sa défaite ultérieure de “Entaille” dans le 1911 rematch cimenté la place de Gotch comme l'un des plus grands lutteurs de tous les temps. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch