Category: 職業摔角歷史

上週六, 一月 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” 和 224 英鎊, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” 身高，體重 209 英鎊. Despite his smaller

三月 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

上週四, 十一月 22, 1923, 聖. 路易斯發起人約翰·康托斯（John Contos）主持了一張有爭議的卡片，上面是喬·斯蒂爾（Joe Stecher）和丹·科洛夫（Dan Kolov）之間的一場比賽, 一個嶄露頭角的保加利亞摔跤手. 該卡被約翰·E（John E）遮蓋了. 瑞, St的體育編輯. 聖路易斯郵報. 這張卡引起了爭議，因為摔跤界最大的兩個明星曾被廣告宣傳，但沒有

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

優素福·伊斯梅爾（Yusuf Ismail）在上半年僅在美國摔跤了六個月 1898. 在他的第一場重要比賽中, 他因犯規被取消比賽資格. 在他唯一的重要比賽中, 他給了埃文 “扼殺” 劉易斯一生的跳動. 然而他短暫的美國之行使他成為了傳奇. 伊斯梅爾（Ismail）進入了

上週四晚, 十一月 25, 1909, 世界摔跤冠軍弗蘭克Gotch會見波蘭摔跤冠軍斯坦尼斯Zbyszko在布法羅障礙比賽, 紐約. Gotch同意放棄回合，如果他不能扔Zbyszko兩次在一小時. Zbyszko的規模和實力產生問題的Gotch, 誰稱重 190 英鎊Zbyszko的 260 英鎊. 然而, Zbyszko

Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “亞歷克斯” 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

在上個月的博客文章中, 我寫了關於發起人在喬·斯蒂爾vs傑斯·韋斯特加德比賽中遇到的困難. 原定於奧馬哈, Nebraska, 奧馬哈警察局長和警察局長擔心比賽已經預先安排，或者擔心 “work”. 他們不希望賭徒被展覽吸引. 為了防止這種情況的發生, 他們

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. 在5月 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, 誰

弗蘭克Gotch表示, 從洪堡的農家子弟, 愛荷華州, 將擊敗喬治Hackenschmidt在世界重量級摔跤冠軍 1908. 這場勝利以及他隨後的潰敗 “哈克” 在 1911 複賽鞏固Gotch的地方，作為有史以來最偉大的選手之一. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch