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, A gazdaság fiú a Humboldt, Iowa, meghiúsítaná George Hackenschmidt a World Heavyweight Championship Wrestling in 1908. Ez a győzelem, majd azt követő vereség “Hack” a 1911 visszavágót bebetonozta Gotch helyét, mint az egyik legnagyobb birkózók minden idők. Gotch volt egy nagyon tehetséges pankrátor, de nem volt a veretlen csodagyerek a legenda. Gotch

On January 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. Zbyszko was a skilled

Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

On December 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Viszont, 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, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 a 1899. Lewis volt az első amerikai nehézsúlyú Catch-as-retesz Birkózás Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” vagy “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis tette szakmai bemutatkozó megnyerte a 64 man tournament

Márton “Földműves” Burns híres ma az edző, a legendás birkózó Frank Gotch. “Földműves” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns nyerte az amerikai nehézsúlyú birkózó bajnok a jogos pankráció korában annak ellenére, hogy csak a 165 font. -Ben 1891, Burns a Iowa nehézsúlyú bajnok volt a JC. Comstock, A Michigan nehézsúlyú bajnoka. J. C. Comstock was

On January 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, néhány amerikai bunyós korábban még Nogertnek vallotta magát