Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
Im April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 Jahre. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Am Dienstag, März 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 und 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.
I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.
Am January 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
On December 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Am Montag, Februar 7, 1887, Evan “Würger” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton traf sich bei Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. Es wäre der erste von mehreren Schaukämpfen zwischen den Männern. Sie führten diese Ausstellungen schon früh in den größeren Städten des Mittleren Westens durch 1887. Wie der St. Paul Match habe ich in einem früheren Beitrag behandelt, Lewis und Acton stimmten zu
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. In dieser Folge, I discuss what Evan “Der Würger” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Jedoch, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
In 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. In 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” Wrestling-Promotion und schlug Munn für die
Ich beschloss, anzufangen 2020 indem Sie zwei Beispiele aus dem professionellen Wrestling verwenden, um zu diskutieren, warum Sie einen historischen Bericht, den Sie in der Vergangenheit geschrieben haben, ändern würden. Beim Schreiben von Geschichte, Sie sind durch die verfügbaren Quellen zu diesem Thema eingeschränkt. Primärquellen wie Tagebücher, Offizielle Aufzeichnungen und Autobiografien sind sehr wertvoll. Andere Quellen wie Zeitungen sind aber auch gut