Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
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Quando Wladek Zbyszko viajou dos Estados Unidos para o Brasil para uma lucrativa turnê no
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Em abril de 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Martin “Agricultor” Queimaduras era uma pegadinha captura-como-profissional pode lutador, bem como luta livre e treinador cultural físico. Despite great success as a professional wrestler, even winning the American Heavyweight Championship, he is more famous as a wrestling trainer. Martin “Agricultor” Queimaduras nasceu fevereiro 15, 1861 em Cedar County, Iowa. Ambos, então, e agora, wrestling is in an Iowan’s blood.
On February 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. When James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.
Escrevi este post devido a uma conversa em que fui marcado no Twitter sobre o 1911 revanche entre Frank Gotch e Georg Hackenschmidt pelo World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Jim Cornette, que além de ser um dos melhores gestores do wrestling profissional é também um notável historiador do wrestling profissional, falou sobre a traição na segunda partida Gotch-Hack
During the Golden Age of Radio, the Shadow was a crusading crime fighter named Lamont Cranston. In this 1933 English film produced by Real Arts Productions, the Shadow is a villainous murderer and blackmailer. The film opens up with the Shadow demanding payment from a famous lawyer. The Shadow promises to expose the lawyer who can’t pay. Facing exposure and
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Em Maio 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. St. Louis Polícia Joseph A. Gerk patrulhada sua batida em Eighteenth Street durante a manhã de Maio 26, 1901, quando ele
In combat sports, a good big man usually beats a good little man. If you are great, you can often make up for huge size discrepancies. Edwin Bibby stood only 5’04” e pesou 160 pounds but defeated many larger wrestlers during his professional wrestling career. Bibby defeated many wrestlers including the gigantic German wrestler William Heygster. Edwin Bibby was able
Em novembro 30, 1871, uma grande multidão de homens embarcou em dez vagões ferroviários no New Orleans, A ferrovia Mobile e Texas parando na Canal Street em Nova Orleans, Louisiana. O trem continuou para Montgomery Station perto de Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, onde a multidão deixou a chuva e foi para a floresta. Uma procissão tão estranha
Em agosto 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 A.M. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Jack” Shea, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
Quando “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, conhecido como “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman