Історик єдиноборств і майстер єдиноборств
Квітень 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Грати в новому вікні | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about some
Жовтень 20, 1916, Ad Santel, відома «повія» або досвідчений борець з підкорення, met Taro
Хто є найбільшим легітимним професійним борцем у Сполучених Штатах? Як
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
Republic Pictures produced many quality movie serials in the 1930s and 1940s. One of their finer offerings was Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), a twelve chapter serial (affiliate link) based on the popular comic book super hero. Captain Marvel is known as Shazam today. Billy Batson, played by Frank Coghlan, Молодший, accompanies the Malcolm Expedition to Siam. While searching an
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Луїс, І “Душитель” Lewis challenged “Великий” 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
Жовтень 24, 1941, Monogram Pictures released Spooks Run Wild starring the East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi. At this point in his career, Bela Lugosi was relegated to “B” кіно. He played in several films with the East Side Kids, which were all enjoyable if not exactly classic cinema. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and Bobby Jordan play the leaders
Еван “Душитель” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 фунти, Льюїс’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Льюїс’ reputation was strongly
Квітень 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Душитель” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. У
Френк Дж. Квінн, місцевий св. Луїс адвокат, служив менеджером для професійних борців Джордж Баптіс, Чарлі Олсон і Фред Білл. Спочатку був шанувальником Джорджа Батиста, який був легендою в св. Район Луїса навколо проспектів Кука та Вандевентера. Баптіст найняв Куїнна як менеджера, а згодом і як адвоката своєї компанії, що займається виготовленням наметів і тентів. During his
Січень 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. У той час як британці
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. Після старту турніру план Рахмана щодо створення Aberg йшов за планом