Ken Zimmerman Jr.

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they

Frank Gotch, y bachgen fferm o Humboldt, Iowa, yn mynd yn groes George Hackenschmidt ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm Reslo Byd yn 1908. Mae'r fuddugoliaeth a'i drechu dilynol “Darnia” yn y 1911 rematch sment lle Gotch fel un o wrestlers mwyaf o bob amser. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

Ar Ionawr 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Roedd Zbyszko yn fedrus

Omaha Pennaeth yr Heddlu H.W. Creodd Dunn benawdau ar Fawrth 28, 1915, pan gyhoeddodd orchymyn yn gwahardd y gêm reslo broffesiynol a hysbysebwyd rhwng Joe Stecher a Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 trefnwyd y gêm ar gyfer Awditoriwm Omaha. Cyhoeddodd y pennaeth y gorchymyn mewn gwirionedd ar gais Uwcharolygydd yr Heddlu A.C. Kugel. Cyhoeddodd Kugel ddatganiad i

Ar Ragfyr 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Trechodd Lewis Joe Stecher ar gyfer ei Bencampwriaeth Reslo Pwysau Trwm y Byd. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Fodd bynnag,, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud

Evan “Strangler” Lewis, a elwir hefyd Evan Lewis “y Strangler”, Roedd yn wrestler proffesiynol o 1882 i 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” neu “hang hold”, y mae cefnogwyr MMA modern yn ei adnabod fel tagu gilotîn. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 twrnament dyn

Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Roedd Burns yn wrestler mawr yn ei rinwedd ei hun. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 bunnoedd. Yn 1891, Llosgiadau fel y Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm Iowa gymerodd JC. Comstock, Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm Michigan. J.C. Comstock was

Ar Ionawr 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, roedd ychydig o reslwyr Americanaidd hyd yn oed wedi honni eu bod yn Nogert o'r blaen