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Kui Wladek Zbyszko reisis Ameerika Ühendriikidest Brasiiliasse tulusale ringreisile
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Aprillil 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Otsustasin alustada 2020 kasutades kahte näidet professionaalsest maadlusest, et arutada, miks peaksite muutma oma minevikus kirjutatud ajaloolist ülevaadet. Ajaloo kirjutamisel, teid piiravad selle teema kohta saadaolevad allikad. Peamised allikad nagu päevikud, ametlikud andmed ja autobiograafiad on väga väärtuslikud. Muud allikad, nagu ajalehed, on samuti head, kuid
Evan “Strangler” Lewis oli hirmutav konkurendi. Kuigi ta ei olnud suur mees 5’09” ja kaalutakse 170 naela, Lewis’ meisterlikkust esildisi teda võrdne või parem kõige maadlejate tema ajastu. Jack Carkeek oli kohutav maadleja kuid üks mängu Lewis peaaegu pani teda pensionile. Lewis’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Märtsil 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
Juulil 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Aprillil 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” tikud. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling
Frank J. Quinn, kohalik St. Louis advokaat, töötas professionaalsete maadlejate George Baptise mänedžerina, Charley Olson ja Fred Beell. Algselt George Baptiste'i austaja, kes oli legend St. Louisi naabruskond Cooki ja Vandeventer Avenues'i ümber. Baptiste palkas Quinni oma sõimeks ja hiljem oma telkide ja varikatuste ettevõtte advokaadiks. During his
On jaanuar 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. Kuigi Briti
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rachmanni plaan Abergi asutamiseks läks pärast turniiri algust plaanipäraselt