Category: تاریخچه اولیه کشتی حرفه ای

George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, a 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only

At the end of 1932, 22-year-old Vila Milli sued her husband, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. <طول bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", he did not dismiss the

While researching the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1881 – 1922), I discovered Evan “Strangler” Lewis’ early matches in Montana. Prior to researching this topic, I thought Lewis started his career by winning a 64-man wrestling tournament in Montana during 1882. <طول bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", Lewis did not win the tournament. در ماه مه 1882, Lewis wrestled in a Cornish wrestling tournament

Frank Gotch dominated American wrestling from 1905 to his retirement in 1913. Gotch, the current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, won the biggest match of his career on April 3, 1908. Gotch defeated current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt in Chicago, Illinois. Gotch proved as dominant a World Champion as he had been as the American Champion. Gotch agreed to

در روز پنج شنبه, آوریل 29, 1909, Frank Gotch traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to wrestle highly regarded light heavyweight wrestler Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt won the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under his real name, John Berg. Although fans thought well of Berg, they did not see him as a threat to defeat Frank Gotch in a straight match. To increase fan interest

Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. After 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. از 1900 به 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches

در آگوست 7, 1882, ادوین بیبی، قهرمان کشتی سنگین وزن آمریکا در مدیسون اسکوئر گاردن در شهر نیویورک از عنوان خود در برابر جو اکتون قهرمان انگلیسی دفاع کرد.. این مردان برای مسابقات قهرمانی جهان یک مسابقه "گرفتن به عنوان گرفتن" کشتی گرفتند. <طول bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", مردم برنده مسابقه را به عنوان قهرمان جهان نشناختند. مردم برنده را به عنوان سنگین وزن آمریکایی تشخیص دادند

(این پست گزیده ای از کتاب جدید من است, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: تلاش برای رستگاری, در فوریه منتشر شد 2, 2022.) مهمترین رویدادی که بر آینده حرفه ای فرانک گوچ تأثیر می گذارد در ژانویه رخ داد 11, 1911. گوچ با گلادیس اوستریش سابق در خانه والدینش در هومبولت ازدواج کرد, آیووا. خانم. گوچ ترجیح داد که فرانک از رینگ بازنشسته شود

ژانویه 2, 1911, جان لم کشتی گیر سوئیسی خود را مایه خنده طرفداران و خبرنگاران حرفه ای کشتی می بیند.. این حادثه زمانی رخ داد که لم با استانیسلاوس زبیشکو در بوفالو کشتی گرفت, نیویورک. طرفداران زبیشکو را مدعی اصلی عنوان جهانی فرانک گوچ می دانستند. زبیشکو یک کشتی گیر در کلاس جهانی بود، اگرچه در کشتی یونانی-رومی مهارت بیشتری نسبت به کشتی گرفتن داشت.. لم ماهری بود