Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Op april 13, 1936, Ed "Strangler" Lewis worstelde zijn laatste legitieme wedstrijd met Lee Wykoff
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Op oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, een bekende "hoer" of ervaren onderwerpingsworstelaar, ontmoette taro
Wie is de grootste legitieme professionele worstelaar die in de Verenigde Staten worstelt?? How do
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Eindelijk heeft hij zekerheid
On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. en mevrouw. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. The March 3, 1946 editie van
Met Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon-affiliatielink), Roberto Pedreira vertelt het verhaal van het Braziliaanse Jiu-Jitsu in wat hij beschouwt als zijn hoogtijdagen in Brazilië, 1950 – 1960. Naast Carlos en Helio Gracie, diverse andere academies, zoals die van Oswaldo Fadda, bloeiden eveneens. Judo won aan populariteit, maar had het Jiu-Jitsu niet in populariteit overwonnen. Vale Tudo-wedstrijden waren op het hoogtepunt
Werkelijk, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Het toernooi van Rachman zou woensdag beginnen
Martin “Boer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Echter, Burns was een groot worstelaar in zijn eigen recht. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “De Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Burns was still
Op mei 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. He began wrestling when the pro game was still an actual competition. He continued to be successful after the game changed to worked (prearranged) matches. In werkelijkheid, hij nam deel aan een schietwedstrijd, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 door zijn promotors te bedriegen.
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Echter, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone and Shea were local criminals, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was
Op november 13, 1930, Roland V. West uitgebracht The Bat Whispers,,en,Editing nog steeds gedomineerd de continuïteit en het verhaal,,en,de tweede van drie films gebaseerd op de populaire Shadow radioprogramma,,en (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, De Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Echter, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Alex Aberg versloeg vele opmerkelijke vijanden in het beste jaar van zijn professionele worstelcarrière. In 1915, Aberg nam deel aan zowel de lente- als de herfstversie van het New York International Wrestling Tournament. Exclusief concurreren in zijn favoriete stijl van Grieks-Romeins worstelen, Aberg versloeg Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko en Ed “Worger” Lewis samen met een aantal gezelworstelaars.