Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 kwa 1930.
Aprili 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 miaka. Gotch alikuwa na umri wa mwaka mmoja lakini alizingatiwa kuwa mtu anayekuja. Mashabiki na waandishi wa habari wanaoshughulikia mchezo huo walizingatiwa Gotch
Siku ya Jumanne, Machi 22, 1910, Dk. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 na 1920. Dk. 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. Dk.
Mara nyingi nimepata changamoto kubwa katika kutafiti mieleka ya kitaalamu ya mapema ni kutenganisha ukweli na uwongo. Hata pale wapambanaji waliposhindana katika mechi halali, mara nyingi waliongeza matokeo, walitengeneza ngano za apokrifa kuzunguka ushindi wao na kutunga hadithi za kuwaziwa ili kueleza hasara zao.. Mieleka ya kitaalamu iliibuka kwenye sherehe za kanivali na kubakiza silika ya utangazaji wa sanaa hii. St.
Januari 10, 1910, hivi karibuni aliwasili Kipolishi wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko alichukua Charlie “Kid” Cutler katika bora mbili nje ya tatu maporomoko mechi. Cutler alikuwa bondia katika troupe inayoendeshwa na John L. Sullivan kabla kipindi cha mpito kwa wrestling. Wakati Cutler ilikuwa ngumu sana, Stanislaus Zbyszko amekuwa kumenyana tangu ujana wake. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Desemba 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
Siku ya Jumatatu, Februari 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Kidogo Demon” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. It would be the first of several exhibition bouts between the men. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Katika sehemu hii, I discuss what Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Content Kuu – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Hata hivyo, 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 alikuwa na kulipa mtu haki yake na kujiandaa kwa ajili ya cheo Tilt na Bauer. In 1876, Muldoon hawakupata ya tahadhari ya zamani bare knuckle prizefighting bingwa wa dunia 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 and beat Munn for the
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but