Category: 초기 프로레슬링 역사

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. 그러나, he did not dismiss the

미국 헤비급 레슬링 챔피언십의 역사를 조사하면서 (1881 – 1922), 나는 Montana에서 Evan "Strangler" Lewis의 초기 경기를 발견했습니다.. 이 주제를 연구하기 전에, 나는 루이스가 몬태나에서 열린 64인 레슬링 토너먼트에서 우승하면서 자신의 경력을 시작했다고 생각했습니다. 1882. 그러나, 루이스는 토너먼트에서 우승하지 못했습니다.. In May 1882, 루이스는 콘월 레슬링 토너먼트에서 씨름했습니다.

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

On Thursday, 4월 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. 후 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. 부터 1900 에 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches

8 월 7, 1882, 미국 헤비급 레슬링 챔피언 에드윈 비비(Edwin Bibby)가 뉴욕 매디슨 스퀘어 가든(Madison Square Garden)에서 잉글랜드 챔피언 조 액튼(Joe Acton)을 상대로 타이틀 방어. 남자들은 세계 챔피언십을 위해 "캐치 캐치 캔(catch-as-catch-can)" 경기를 펼쳤습니다.. 그러나, 대중은 시합의 승자를 세계 챔피언으로 인식하지 못했습니다.. 대중은 우승자를 아메리칸 헤비급으로 인정했습니다.

(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: The Quest for Redemption, published on February 2, 2022.) The most important event affecting the future of Frank Gotch’s career occurred on January 11, 1911. Gotch married the former Gladys Oestrich at her parent’s home in Humboldt, 아이오와. 부인. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which

월 1 일에 2, 1911, Swiss wrestler John Lemm found himself the laughingstock of professional wrestling fans and reporters. The incident occurred when Lemm wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko in Buffalo, 뉴욕. Fans considered Zbyszko the top contender for Frank Gotch’s world title. Zbyszko was a world class wrestler although more skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling than catch wrestling. Lemm was a skilled