Gotch Meets Match in Zbyszko

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On a Thursday night, November 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 funtov. Vendar, Zbyszko

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Masked Marvel Throws Berner

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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

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Stecher premaga Westergaarda v Lincolnu

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V objavi v blogu prejšnji mesec, Pisal sem o težavah, ki so jih imeli promotorji pri pripravi dvoboja Joe Stecher proti Jess Westergaard. Prvotno načrtovano za Omaho, Nebraska, načelnik policije Omaha in policijski komisar sta bila zaskrbljena, da je bila tekma vnaprej dogovorjena ali a “work”. Niso želeli, da bi razstava prevzela hazarderje. Da bi preprečili ta pojav, oni

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Jake Kilrain Škatle za neodločen

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Čeprav je znan po boju proti Johnu L. Sullivan v zadnji borbi za nagrado svetovnega prvenstva, ki je potekala po pravilih golih prstov, Jake Kilrain je sodeloval tudi v številnih dvobojih v rokavicah. Prizefighting je prešel iz pravil z golimi členki na dvoboje v rokavicah po pravilih markiza Queensberryja (zgodnji amaterski in profesionalni boks) v poznem 19. stoletju. Kot Sullivan, Kilrain bi se boril v majorju

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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Januarja 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 je bil spreten

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Policijski načelnik prepreči rokoborbo

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Vodja policije Omaha H.W. Dunn je marca ustvaril naslovnice 28, 1915, ko je izdal odredbo o prepovedi oglaševane profesionalne rokoborbe med Joejem Stecherjem in Jessom Westergaardom. The April 6, 1915 tekma je bila na sporedu v dvorani Omaha Auditorium. Šef je dejansko izdal ukaz na ukaz policijskega nadzornika A.C. Kugel. Kugel je podal izjavo za

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Stecher in Zbyszko popoln dogovor

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Decembra 13, 1920, In “Strangler” Lewis je premagal Joeja Stecherja za naslov svetovnega prvaka v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Vendar, 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

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis predstave Mean Streak

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, imenovana tudi Evan Lewis “Strangler”, je poklicni rokoborec iz 1882 za 1899. Lewis je bil prvi ameriški Težji Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling prvak. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ali “hang hold”, ki ga moderni oboževalci MMA poznajo kot giljotinsko dušilko. Lewis je svojo profesionalno debitiral z zmago 64 moški turnir

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