McLeod Wrestles George Baptiste

dan mcleod

Dan McLeod defeated Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship during October 1897. McLeod held the championship for four years until he met Frank Gotch’s toughest opponent, Tom Jenkins. In early 1899, McLeod made a couple title defenses in Minnesota. On February 24, 1899, McLeod wrestled St. Louis Middleweight Wrestling Champion George Baptiste at Conover Hall in front

Share
» Aqra iktar

Episode 7 – The Masked Marvel

aberg-masked-marvel-drawing

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qj6w7e/Episode_7859w1.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | DownloadIn this episode, my new co-host and youngest son, Caleb Zimmerman, joins the podcast. We discuss recent changes at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the new leadership team’s early positive signs. The main topic of the show is the Masked Marvel and the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament,

Share
» Aqra iktar

Promoting Wrestling

jack-curley

Professional wrestling evolved into an athletic exhibition from legitimate contests for two reasons. I have written extensively about the first reason. Legitimate contests between equally skilled wrestlers were often long, boring affairs with little action. These contests turned off fans and prevented professional wrestling exploding as a spectator sport. I have not written as much about the second reason. Il-

Share
» Aqra iktar

Episode 6 – Worked Title Matches

kien-kważi-reali-podcast-arti

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7s9rgj/Episode_6b9zva.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about a pair of worked title matches for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Main Content Fred Beell was a strong, wrestler professjonali b'talent fil-bidu tas-Seklu 20. Għalkemm mibnija b'mod qawwi, Beell stood no more than 5’05” and weighed 168 liri. Madankollu, he improbably defeated

Share
» Aqra iktar

Acton Jiġġieled il-Greko-Rumani

joe-acton

Nhar it-Tnejn, Marzu 26, 1888, Joe Acton, li speċjalizzati fil-catch wrestling, ġġieled lill-Professur William Miller, wrestler Awstraljan, u bare-knuckle prizefighter, f’partita ta’ lotta Greko-Rumana b’żewġ waqgħat minn tlieta. Iż-żewġ kampijiet tal-irġiel jemmnu li l-lotta tal-logħba f'dan l-istil żgura l-aktar kompetizzjoni ġusta bejniethom. L-irġiel iġġieldu għal $500.00 naħa. 1,500 fans, folla kbira għall-era, imdawwar

Share
» Aqra iktar

Lewis Jirbaħ it-Titolu Amerikan

young-ed-strangler-lewis

Qabel il-lotta f'Kentucky fil-bidu tas-snin 1910, wrestling fans knew Ed “Strangler” Lewis as Bob Fredrichs. Born Robert Friedrich in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis made his professional wrestling debut in 1905, while still only 14 sena. Kentucky promoters thought Bob Fredrichs too plain, so Lewis chose his new name as an homage to fellow Wisconsin native and original

Share
» Aqra iktar

Episode 4: L-akbar Double-Cross

big-wayne-munn

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3jeixi/Episode_48a46i.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, I will be talking about the biggest double-cross in pro wrestling history. Introduction or Update After two weeks of COVID, my breathing finally returned to normal, so it is back to researching the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. This project has proven to be as frustrating as I expected it

Share
» Aqra iktar

Episode 3: Evan “Strangler” Lewis

evan-lewis-stranglehold

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/79nsr9/Episode_36u5sw.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | DownloadIn this episode, Se nkun qed nitkellem dwar waħda mill-aktar hookers vizzjużi fl-istorja tal-lotta professjonali. Se niffoka fuq tliet inċidenti li juru għaliex wrestlers oħra beżgħu minn Evan "The Strangler" Lewis. Update The update will be on the light side because I contracted COVID for the second time this

Share
» Aqra iktar

Episode 2: Jim Londos

john-contos-card-in-1923

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sfejv3/Episode_275lyj.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | DownloadIn this episode, Se nkun qed nitkellem dwar l-akbar attrazzjoni tal-box office fl-istorja tal-lotta. Meta ħa vaganza tax-xogħol lura lejn pajjiżu, il-Greċja, huwa mimli 100,000 grawnds. Kien l-ewwel wrestler li ġibed 30,000 partitarji mit-tieni partita Frank Gotch-George Hackenschmidt fi 1911. Aġġorna Għaliex I

Share
» Aqra iktar

Episode 1: Gotch vs. Hack

gotch-wrestles-hackenschmidt-1911

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tkrvui/Episode_1b3iy0.mp3Podcast: Play fil tieqa ġdida | Niżżel Kien Kważi Reali: Il-Podcast tal-Istorja tal-Lotta Pro, Episode 1 – Gotch vs. Hack Episode Preview F'dan l-episodju, Se nkun qed nitkellem dwar il-fatti u l-miti madwar iż-żewġ logħbiet bejn Frank Gotch u George Hackenschmidt. During May 2016 wara li rriċerkat il-karrieri tal-irġiel għas-sentejn ta’ qabel, I rilaxxati Gotch

Share
» Aqra iktar
1 13 14 15 16 17 64