Category: Sejarah Gulat Profesional

Pada hari Sabtu, Januari 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” dan 224 pon, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 pon. Despite his smaller

Pada bulan Maret 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

Pada hari Kamis, November 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. 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

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 baru bergelut di Amerika Serikat selama enam bulan pada paruh pertama 1898. Dalam pertandingan penting pertamanya, dia didiskualifikasi karena pelanggaran kejam. Dalam satu-satunya pertandingan penting lainnya, dia memberi Evan “Pencekik” Lewis pemukulan dalam hidupnya. Namun tur singkatnya ke Amerika membuatnya menjadi legenda. Ismail masuk

On a Thursday night, November 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 pon. However, 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

Dalam postingan blog bulan lalu, Saya menulis tentang kesulitan yang dialami promotor dalam menggelar pertandingan Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard. Awalnya dijadwalkan untuk Omaha, Nebraska, Kepala Polisi Omaha dan Komisaris Polisi khawatir tentang pertandingan yang telah diatur sebelumnya atau a “work”. Mereka tidak ingin para penjudi terbawa oleh pameran tersebut. Untuk mencegah kejadian ini, mereka

Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Karena fans hanya menganggap Clarence Whistler cukup terampil untuk benar-benar mengancam pemerintahannya, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Pada tanggal 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, yang

Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Terjangan” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch