Tag: Dal-fel-Dal-Gall Reslo

Yn 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Pencampwr Reslo Pwysau Trwm y Byd Ed “Strangler” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate

Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles

Ar Ragfyr 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum i wylio'r ail gêm rhwng Pencampwr Reslo Pwysau Trwm y Byd, Ed “Strangler” Lewis a'r cyn-bencampwr Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “trechu” Zbyszko am y teitl yn Wichita, Kansas ym mis Mawrth 1922. Anhysbys i'r cefnogwyr hyn, y cynllun oedd i Zbyszko golli'r ornest i Lewis ond

Ym mis Ionawr 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” a 210 bunnoedd, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Ail,

Pan benderfynodd Billy Sandow ac Ed Lewis fod teyrnasiad teitl Stanislaus Zbyszko wedi rhedeg allan o stêm hyrwyddo, penderfynasant “win” yn ôl y teitl ym mis Mawrth 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum on Thursday, Rhagfyr 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of

Ar ddydd Iau, Tachwedd 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Ôl-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t

Yusuf Ismail only wrestled in the United States for six months in the first half of 1898. In his first significant match, he was disqualified for a vicious foul. In his only other significant match, he gave Evan “Strangler” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the

Ar nos Iau, Tachwedd 25, 1909, Cyfarfu Reslo Byd Pencampwr Frank Gotch Reslo Pwyleg Hyrwyddwr Stanislaus Zbyszko gyfer gêm handicap yn Buffalo, Efrog Newydd. Cytunwyd Gotch i fforffedu yr ornest pe na allai daflu Zbyszko ddwywaith mewn awr. Maint a chryfder Zbyszko yn creu problemau i Gotch, oedd yn pwyso 190 bunnoedd i Zbyszko yn 260 bunnoedd. Fodd bynnag,, Zbyszko

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they

Frank Gotch, y bachgen fferm o Humboldt, Iowa, yn mynd yn groes George Hackenschmidt ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm Reslo Byd yn 1908. Mae'r fuddugoliaeth a'i drechu dilynol “Darnia” yn y 1911 rematch sment lle Gotch fel un o wrestlers mwyaf o bob amser. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch