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On April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro
William Muldoon var verdensmester i sværvægt baseret på hans nederlag af Thiebaud Bauer i? Hvordan
Stanislaus Zbyszko turnerede i USA 1910 som forberedelse til en titelkamp med World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch senere på året. Hans tur bragte ham til St. Louis i maj 29, 1910. Zbyszko skulle efter planen møde den højt respekterede letsværvægts-grapper Charley Olson. Olson var en dygtig wrestler, der trænede med St. Louis wrestler George
On April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch mødte World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt til verden titel på Dexter Park Pavilion i Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt blev ubesejret som professionel, men havde været verdensmester i ca. 7 år. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
På tirsdag, Marts 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 og 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.
På November 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). I denne film, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Fru. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Fru. Stack suspects Dr. Jannery, who operates her hospital, of negligence in the death of
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, som var 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Desværre, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Jeg har ofte fundet ud af, at den største udfordring ved at forske i tidlig professionel wrestling er at adskille fakta fra fiktion. Selv når bryderne konkurrerede i legitime kampe, de ofte oppustede resultater, opbygget apokryfisk folklore omkring deres sejre og opdigtede fantasifulde fortællinger for at bortforklare deres tab. Professionel brydning udsprang fra karnevalerne og beholdt denne kunsts salgsfremmende instinkter. St.
Den January 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Tom Allen blev født i Birmingham, England, men kæmpede nogle af sine mest berømte kampe i Amerika. I 1867, Allen flyttede til St. Louis, den største by vest for Mississippi. Allen rejste aldrig og ville bruge St. Louis som sin hjemmebase for at træne til præmiekampe. Allen kæmpede for det meste i bare kno præmiekampe, som amerikansk boksning ikke ville være
Den December 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch mistede en tre uge kamp med uræmisk forgiftning. Læger forsøgte at holde hans nyrer går gennem en operation i Chicago, men det gav kun midlertidig lindring. Gotch til formål at rejse til Hot Springs, Arkansas for at forsøge at genoprette sit helbred. Operationen sluttede dette håb. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
På tirsdag, November 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan kæmpede mod Al Greenfield ved Madison Square Garden i New York City. Sullivan havde brug for at overvinde mere end blot sin modstander i denne kamp. Mændene indvilligede oprindeligt i at kæmpe mandag, November 17, 1884, men myndighederne i New York truede mændene med anholdelse. Det skænderi med