Ken Zimmerman Jr.

Ο Stanislaus Zbyszko έκανε περιοδεία στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες 1910 στην προετοιμασία για έναν αγώνα τίτλου με τον Παγκόσμιο Πρωταθλητή πάλης βαρέων βαρών Frank Gotch αργότερα μέσα στη χρονιά. Η περιήγησή του τον έφερε στο St. Louis τον Μάιο 29, 1910. Ο Zbyszko επρόκειτο να συναντήσει τον πολύ αναγνωρισμένο ελαφρύ βαρέων βαρών grappler Charley Olson. Ο Όλσον ήταν ένας ικανός παλαιστής, που προπονήθηκε με τον Στ. Λουί παλαιστής Τζορτζ

Τον Απρίλιο του 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 χρόνια. Ο Γκοτς ήταν ένα χρόνο μεγαλύτερος, αλλά θεωρήθηκε ανερχόμενος. Οι οπαδοί και οι δημοσιογράφοι που καλύπτουν το άθλημα θεωρούν τον Γκοτς

Την Τρίτη, Μάρτιος 22, 1910, Ο Δρ. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 και 1920. Ο Δρ. 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. Ο Δρ.

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, ο οποίος ήταν 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. Δυστυχώς, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.

Τον Δεκέμβριο 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able