Category: Storia del wrestling professionistico

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

In marzo 22, 1881, Greco-romana World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon incontrato Campione del Mondo Collare-e-gomito John McMahon presso il Terrace Garden di New York City. Muldoon e McMahon sono incontrati in un best-due-out-of-three-cade partita. La prima caduta è stata condotta da norme greco-romana. La seconda caduta verrebbe contestata utilizzando regole colletto-e-gomito. The last fall would be decided via what The New York

Giovedi ', Novembre 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

Aziende Broadcast cercavano contenuti durante i primi giorni della televisione. Oltre vecchi film e alcune produzioni aziendali di trasmissione, sport erano una fonte di programmazione per molte stazioni televisive. 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 “Strangler” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the

In una notte Giovedi, Novembre 25, 1909, Wrestling campione del mondo Frank Gotch incontrato Wrestling Polish Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko per una partita di handicap in Buffalo, New York. Gotch accettato di perdere l'incontro se non poteva gettare Zbyszko due volte in un'ora. Le dimensioni e la forza di Zbyszko creato problemi per Gotch, che pesava 190 sterline a Zbyszko di 260 sterline. Tuttavia, 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

Autore e artista marziale, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Autore e artista marziale, Nebraska, Autore e artista marziale “work”. Autore e artista marziale. Autore e artista marziale, 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. In maggio 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, che

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 “Hack” 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