現存最古老的摔跤電影
Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. 可悲的是, 喬·斯特徹 (Joe Stecher) 從厄爾·卡多克 (Earl Caddock) 手中奪取世界摔跤冠軍是迄今為止發現的最古老的職業摔跤電影, but they rotted in storage areas.
Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. 喬·斯特徹 (Joe Stecher) 從厄爾·卡多克 (Earl Caddock) 手中奪取世界摔跤冠軍是迄今為止發現的最古老的職業摔跤電影, 喬·斯特徹 (Joe Stecher) 從厄爾·卡多克 (Earl Caddock) 手中奪取世界摔跤冠軍是迄今為止發現的最古老的職業摔跤電影. 斯坦尼斯Zbyszko, and the reunification match between Stecher and Lewis. Historians searched for these films but so far have come up empty handed.
Joe Stecher 帶著他的冠軍腰帶 (公共領域)
In this match, Caddock defended his title against Stecher. Caddock recently returned from France where he served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Stecher served in the U.S. Navy during the war. Promoter Jack Curley arranged for a Navy color guard and Army Color Guard to escort Stecher and Caddock to the ring, respectively.
Fans anticipated a rematch between the rivals, who were the two biggest stars of the late 1910s. Ed “Strangler” Lewis surpassed them in the 1920s, but 10,000 fans paid to see this rematch. Curley booked Madison Square Garden for this match. 該 $80,000 gate justified Curley moving the match to the more expensive arena instead of his normal 71st Regimental Armory. The Armory seated around 6,000 spectators.
這部電影, 在 26 分鐘, captures the highlights of the men’s training and the match. Stecher wrestled Caddock for 2 小時, 5 分 30 seconds before pinning him for the only fall. Championship matches were normally 2-out-of-3-falls, but this match was one fall to a finish.
After Caddock dropped the title back to Stecher, he started transitioning to a career in business. 該 32-year-old Caddock wrestled 18 more months but did not wrestle a full schedule. Curley booked Caddock to help build a star like the returning Stanislaus Zbyszko or as a credible title challenger for the current world champion. 早在 1922, Caddock retired for good.
The surviving copy of the match is grainy and difficult to see. Stecher is the taller wrestler in the dark boots. Caddock is shorter. He is wearing the white or light-colored shoes.
Remember, this match occurred 5 years before Joseph “Toots” Mondt changed the style of wrestling. The action looks more like today’s no-gi submission wrestling or free style wrestling than modern professional wrestling.
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Sources: The New York Times, 一月 31, 1920, P. 12
