Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 na 1930.
Fred Beell wrestled professionally from 1900 na 1919. After developing a legendary reputation due to some of his victories over Martin “Zemědělec” Burns, Dan McLeod and Frank Gotch, Beell retired as he neared 43 let. His post wrestling career would lead to his unexpected death at 57. Fred Beell overcame long odds to become a competent professional wrestler
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, mistr světa zápasník a vzpěrač v 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch držel titul po dobu pěti let a porazil všem příchozím. V relativně mladém věku 35, Gotch se rozhodl odejít do důchodu. Pro jeho poslední zápas, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
V pátek, Květen 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 zápis. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. He used
V pozdní 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko cestoval do Spojených států, aby napadnout World Heavyweight Wrestling mistra Franka Gotch. Před setkání Gotch, Zbyszko turné Spojené státy a bojoval mnoho místních zápasníků v průběhu úvodní části 1910. Zbyszko by cestovali 37,000 míle. Brzy v jeho turné, Zbyszko setkal Frank Gotch v handicapu utkání. Zbyszko porazil Gotch, který byl
Ve čtvrtek, Leden 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defended his American Wrestling Championship against an up-and-coming wrestler from Iowa. Po prvním pádu, the fans realized it was the toughest match of the c Frank Alvin Gotch, Humboldt, Iowa farmářský chlapec, který by porazit Georg Hackenschmidt pro World Heavyweight šampionát v 1908, byl Jenkins’ vyzývatel. Jenkins had defeated Gotch’s
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Listopad 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
V lednu 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
V pondělí, Prosinec 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis won the first of six World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships from Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher and Lewis met in a match lasting over three hours. Lewis made a mental error in