Category: Zgodovina profesionalne rokoborbe

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

Marca 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. Zadnjo jesen bi odločil New York

Četrtek, November 22, 1923, St. Louisov promotor John Contos je gostil kontroverzno karto na vrhu med Joejem Stecherjem in Danom Kolovom, vzhajajoči bolgarski rokoborec. Kartico je pokril John E. Wray, urednik športa za St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Kartica je bila sporna, ker sta se oglaševali dve največji zvezdi v rokoborbi, a nista

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 se je v prvi polovici leta v ZDA boril le šest mesecev 1898. Na svoji prvi pomembni tekmi, bil je diskvalificiran zaradi hudega prekrška. Na njegovi edini pomembni tekmi, je dal Evanu “Strangler” Lewis utrip svojega življenja. Toda njegova kratka turneja po ZDA ga je naredila za legendo. Ismail je vstopil

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 funtov. Vendar, 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

V objavi v blogu prejšnji mesec, Pisal sem o težavah, ki so jih imeli promotorji pri pripravi dvoboja Joe Stecher proti Jess Westergaard. Prvotno načrtovano za Omaho, Nebraska, načelnik policije Omaha in policijski komisar sta bila zaskrbljena, da je bila tekma vnaprej dogovorjena ali a “work”. Niso želeli, da bi razstava prevzela hazarderje. Da bi preprečili ta pojav, oni

Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Ker so oboževalci samo menili, da je Clarence Whistler dovolj izkušen, da resnično ogrozi njegovo vladavino, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Maja 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, ki

Frank Gotch, Kmetija fant iz Humboldt, Iowa, bi poraz George Hackenschmidt za Svetovno prvenstvo v Težji Wrestling 1908. Ta zmaga in njegova kasnejša poraz “Hack” pri 1911 revanš utrdili Gotch je mesto kot ena od največjih rokoborcev vseh časov. Gotch je bil zelo nadarjen rokoborec, vendar ni bil nepremagan wunderkind legendo. Gotch