Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Huhtikuun 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis paini viimeisen laillisen kilpailunsa Lee Wykoffin kanssa
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Lokakuun 20, 1916, Ad Santel, tunnettu "huoria" tai taitava painija, tapasi Taron
Kuka on suurin laillinen ammattipainija Yhdysvalloissa? Kuinka tehdä
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
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) julkaisi Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) marraskuussa 1941. Yksi myöhemmistä Thin Man -elokuvista (affiliate link), elokuva sisältää mielenkiintoisia vinjettejä painifaneille. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, joutuu paikallisen pelirenkaan valtiontutkintaan. Kaksi paikallista painipromoottoria pyörittää uhkapeliä, mikä on elämää matkivaa taidetta, jos
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
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
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
An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 painos St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising a mail order course on Jujitsu from Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith was originally born in Scotland but was fascinated with demonstrations of Japanese Jujitsu (actually Judo) he saw in England. Smith traveled to Japan with a company and learned Judo reaching 1st degree
Frank Gotch, maalaispoika Humboldt, Iowa, kumoaisivat George Hackenschmidt World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship 1908. Tämä voitto ja hänen myöhempi tappio “Hakata” vuonna 1911 uusintaottelua sinetöi Gotch n paikkansa yhtenä suurimmista painijat kaiken aikaa. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
Tammikuu 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