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
Op augustus 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions heeft Killer Dill uitgebracht (1947), een misdaadfilm waarin professionele worstelaar Mike Mazurki “Little Joe” speelt, een handlanger die beide kanten van een bendevete speelt. Stuart Erwin schittert als Johnny ‘Killer’ Dill, een lingerieontwerper en -verkoper, die mensen aanzien voor een gangster. Nadat hij per ongeluk betrokken was bij een bendeoorlog, zijn
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Hij gebruikte
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
Op augustus 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. In 1847, de
In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, who was
Fritz Lang made one of his early crime films in 1922. He directed Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922), which ran approximately four hours and thirty minutes. It tells the story of Dr. Mabuse, a professor of psychoanalysis. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple
Op zaterdag, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 notulen. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem bezeten
Op donderdag, Januari 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins verdedigde zijn American Wrestling Championship tegen een opkomende worstelaar uit Iowa. After the first fall, de fans beseften dat dit de zwaarste wedstrijd van de c Frank Alvin Gotch was, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins had Gotch verslagen
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
Henry Moses Dufur was in de jaren 1870 wereldkampioen zwaargewicht worstelen met kraag en elleboog. Door 1855, Dufur stopte met het professionele worstelen om zijn fulltime beroep van kledingmaker uit te oefenen. Zelfs tijdens zijn worstelcarrière, Dufur werkte als kleermaker. Dufur vertelde de correspondent van The Boston Globe dat hij in Richford was geboren, Vermont in juni 5, 1943. Deze datum van