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Huhtikuun 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Joulukuun 14, 1922, joukko 10,000 fanit täyttivät St.. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “voitti” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Tuntematon näille faneille, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but
Tammikuussa 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” ja 210 kiloa, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Toinen,
(Tämä viesti on harjoittelu uusimmasta kirjastani Naamioitu ihme pelastukseen: Kikka, joka pelasti 1915 International Wrestling Tournament saatavana Amazonista.) Syksyn versio 1915 Kansainvälinen paini turnaus kamppaili läsnäolosta ja kiinnostuksesta, kun promoottori Sam Rachmann iski mainoskullan tuomalla naamioidun painijan turnaukseensa. Naamioitu ihme ryntäsi
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum torstaina, Joulukuu 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
Lauantaina, Tammikuu 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Venäjän Lion” olisi voittaa “Kauhea Turk” säilyttää hänen mestaruus. Promoottorit valittu jättiläinen Medrali, joka oli 6’02” ja 224 kiloa, voittaa näennäisesti voittamaton Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt seisoi vain 5’09” pitkä ja painoi 209 kiloa. Despite his smaller
Thiebaud tai Theobald Bauer oli ranskalainen painija, joka on erikoistunut kreikkalais-roomalaiseen painiin. Bauer saapui Amerikkaan aikana 1875 jolla on kyseenalainen vaatimus kreikkalais-roomalaisen raskaansarjan painin maailmanmestaruudesta. Hän puolustaisi titteliään 5 vuotta, kunnes William Muldoon voitti vuonna 1880. Jospa painifaneille Bauer ylipäänsä ovat tuttuja, se on normaalisti kuin vastustaja
Torstaina, Marraskuu 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Yusuf Ismail only wrestled in the United States for six months in the first half of 1898. In his first significant match, he was disqualified for a vicious foul. In his only other significant match, he gave Evan “Strangler” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the
On a Thursday night, Marraskuu 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 kiloa. Kuitenkin, Zbyszko