Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 naar 1930.
William Muldoon, een voormalige New York detective, won de World Grieks-Romeins worstelen kampioenschap door het verslaan van Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon regeerde tien jaar voor het slapen gaan als kampioen. Na zijn pensionering, Hij begon een leven als een personal trainer te maken. Muldoon trained many wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for
Paul Pons was een Frans Grieks-Romeins worstelen kampioen. Hij was goed genoeg om George Hackenschmidt een run voor zijn geld in verschillende toernooien. Echter, toen hij naar Chicago in 1900, hij was “verslagen” door een lokale worstelaar. De omstandigheden van het verlies laat veel te wensen over. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Een
RKO Pictures brought the Dick Tracy comic strip character to the big screen on December 1, 1945. While the film is definitely a “B” film meant to be first on the double bill, it still would have been of interest to the many fans of the popular comic strip. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Boer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 pond. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in
Op augustus 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, zijn
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Weer, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!” Frank Gotch looked over at his rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
Op december 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the
In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. In januari 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to
Hoe vaak heb je gehoord best om korte kopie of lange kopie voor internet marketing te gebruiken. Sommige voorstanders pleiten voor korte kopie, bepleiten sommigen lang en sommigen proberen een middenweg staking. Het lijkt erop dat iedereen een mening maar. One person who believed in the use of long copy for selling his services was William Muldoon. Muldoon was