Category: Professional Wrestling History

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

Dwar Marzu 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

Nhar il-Ħamis, Novembru 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-Dispaċċ. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t

Kumpaniji Broadcast kienu qed ifittxu għall-kontenut matul il-jiem bikrija tal-televiżjoni. Minbarra films anzjani u xi produzzjonijiet kumpanija xandira, isports kienu sors ta 'programmazzjoni għal stazzjonijiet tat-televiżjoni ħafna. 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 ġġieled fl-Istati Uniti biss għal sitt xhur fl-ewwel nofs ta ' 1898. Fl-ewwel logħba sinifikanti tiegħu, huwa ġie skwalifikat għal fawl vizzjuż. Fl-unika logħba oħra sinifikanti tiegħu, huwa ta lil Evan “Strangler” Lewis is-swat ta ’ħajtu. Madankollu l-mawra qasira tiegħu fl-Istati Uniti għamlitu leġġenda. Ismail daħal fil -

Fuq lejl il-Ħamis, Novembru 25, 1909, Wrestling Dinja Champion Frank Gotch sodisfatti Wrestling Pollakk Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko għal taqbila żvantaġġ fil Buffalo, New York. Gotch qablu li jitlef il-bout jekk hu ma setax tarmi Zbyszko darbtejn fis-siegħa. Daqs u saħħa Zbyszko ħolqu problemi għall Gotch, li jintiżnu 190 liri biex l Zbyszko 260 liri. Madankollu, Zbyszko

Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. 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

Fil-blog post ix-xahar li għadda, Ktibt dwar id-diffikultà li kellhom il-promoturi biex itellgħu l-partita Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard. Oriġinarjament skedat għal Omaha, Nebraska, il-Kap tal-Pulizija ta ’Omaha u l-Kummissarju tal-Pulizija kienu mħassba dwar il-partita li ġiet organizzata minn qabel jew “work”. Huma ma ridux li l-lagħba jittieħdu mill-wirja. Biex tevita din l-okkorrenza, huma

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. Fuq Mejju 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, li

Frank Gotch, l-boy razzett minn Humboldt, Iowa, itellef George Hackenschmidt għall-Kampjonat World Wrestling Heavyweight fl 1908. Dan ir-rebħa u telfa sussegwenti tiegħu ta ' “Hack” fil- 1911 rematch kkonsolidati post Gotch bħala wieħed mill-akbar wrestlers ta 'kull żmien. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch