Category: Wczesna historia wrestlingu zawodowego

George Tragos zyskał sławę jako trener Lou Thesza, dominujący mistrz świata wagi ciężkiej National Wrestling Alliance z lat pięćdziesiątych i wczesnych sześćdziesiątych. Napoje, a 1920 Olimpijczyk z rodzinnej Grecji, miał nienaganne CV w legalnych zapasach. Urodzony w marcu 14, 1901, w Mesenii, Grecja, Tragos zdobył krajowe tytuły w zapasach, zanim reprezentował Grecję na galach 1920 Tylko igrzyska olimpijskie

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. Jednak, 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. Jednak, Lewis did not win the tournament. W maju 1882, Lewis wrestled in a Cornish wrestling tournament

Frank Gotch zdominował amerykańskie zapasy 1905 na emeryturę w r 1913. Gotch, obecny mistrz Ameryki w wadze ciężkiej w zapasach, W kwietniu wygrał najważniejszy mecz w swojej karierze 3, 1908. Gotch pokonał obecnego mistrza świata w wadze ciężkiej w zapasach, Georga Hackenschmidta w Chicago, Illinois. Gotch okazał się równie dominującym mistrzem świata, jak był mistrzem Ameryki. Gotch agreed to

W czwartek, Kwiecień 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. Później 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Z 1900 do 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches

Na sierpień 7, 1882, American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Edwin Bibby defended his title against English Champion Joe Acton at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The men wrestled a “catch-as-catch-can” match for the world championship. Jednak, the public did not recognize the winner of the bout as the world champion. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight

(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Poszukiwanie Odkupienia, 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, Iowa. Pani. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which

On January 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, Nowy Jork. 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