Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Příspěvky o chyť-jak-chytit nebo chytit wrestlingové zápasy, dominantní styl zápasu ve Spojených státech po 1890.
V pondělí, Červen 25, 1934, current World Champion Jim Browning defended his world title against Jim Londos. Browning dropped the title to Londos in a match to end the promotional war which led to the double-crosses of the early 1930s. 20,000 fans crowded into Madison Square Garden to see the match leading to a $40,000 gate. Jack Curley enjoyed a
Ledna 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg defended his AWA World Title, based in the Boston promotion of Paul Bowser, in Boston Arena against former world champion Joe Stecher. Two minutes of film survived from the hour-long match. Gus Sonnenberg traded on his celebrity as a professional football player to become a wrestling star. Sonnenberg helped the Providence Steam Roller win
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yrvcvp86fj5ja5zg/Episode_72_agae9.mp3Podcast: Přehrát v novém okně | DownloadUpdate I am giving away Wayfarer in a Foreign Land: Sorakichi Matsuda Wrestles in America between Monday, Prosinec 30, 2024 to Friday, Leden 3, 2025. Dan and I will release the next episode on Monday, Leden 13, 2025. Main Content I discuss the October 1916 mixed styles match between Taro Miyake and Ad Santel.
V Memorial Day, Květen 30, 1925, Joe Stecher porazil Stanislause Zbyszko 1920. Stecher byl součástí spiknutí, které zaplatilo Stanislaus Zbyszko do dubna Double-Cross Wayne „Big“ Munn 1925. Zbyszko porazil Munna legitimně v jednom z nejslavnějších dvojitých křížení profesionálních zápasů. As
Ve čtvrtek, Červenec 9, 1925, Ed “Strangler” Lewis made one of the early defenses of his version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis wrestled Howard Cantonwine in front of 5,000 fans at McNulty Park. After Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Sandow’s and Lewis’ promotional group by defeating Wayne “Big” Munn legitimately, both Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis
Ve čtvrtek, Březen 31, 1881, 200 fans filtered into New York’s Turnverein Hall to watch Clarence Whistler wrestle Henry Moses Dufur in a three-out-of-five-falls catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with both wrestlers wearing jackets. The promoters used the rules and jackets to even the chances of each wrestler to win. Clarence Whistler specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Whistler took World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Po
V pátek, Březen 11, 1932, wrestlers George Tragos and Rudy Dusek faced boxers, Stanley McRae and Tom Pivac in wrestler versus boxer bouts. It took the fans longer to get to their seats than it took the combatants to complete the bouts. The men fought the pair of bouts in Memphis, Tennessee at the Auditorium. Fans know George Tragos, a
Srpna 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions vydala Killer Dill (1947), kriminální film, ve kterém profesionální wrestler Mike Mazurki hraje „Little Joe“, stoupenec hrající obě strany sporu mezi gangy. Stuart Erwin hraje Johnnyho „Killera“ Dilla, návrhářka a prodejce spodního prádla, koho si lidé pletou s gangsterem. Poté, co se náhodou zapletl do války gangů, jeho
Jim Londos developed into professional wrestling’s biggest box office star during the 1930s. Londos wrestled main events against Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Jim Browning at baseball stadiums. These matches drew crowds of more than 30,000 fans for the first time since the second Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt in 1911. When Londos wrestled in Greece, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at