Tag: Zápas chyť ako chyť

V 1922, Newyorský promotér Jack Curley sa dostal do konfliktu s Gold Dust Trio, manažér Billy Sandow, Majster sveta v zápasení v ťažkej váhe Ed “Strangler” Lewis a zápasník/propagačný génius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. Trio kontrolovalo svetový šampionát a zmrazilo Curleyho z rezervy šampióna. Vyrovnať sa s Triom, Curley začal agresívne propagovať strieborného medailistu a kolegu z olympijského zápasu

Stanislaus Zbyszko odcestoval do Spojených štátov v r 1909 hľadá zápas s uznávaným majstrom sveta v ťažkej váhe Frankom Gotchom. Aby ste sa dostali do formy na túto výzvu a vybudovali si očakávania na zápas o titul, Zbyskzo precestoval väčšinu veľkých miest v Spojených štátoch. During May 1910, Zbyszko pricestoval do St. Louis za zápas so schopným zápasníkom Charlesom

Decembra 14, 1922, dav 10,000 fanúšikovia zaplnili St. Louis Coliseum sledovať odvetný zápas medzi aktuálnym majstrom sveta v zápasení v ťažkej váhe Ed “Strangler” Lewis a bývalý šampión Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko o titul vo Wichite, Kansas v marci 1922. Pre týchto fanúšikov neznáme, plán bol taký, že Zbyszko prehrá zápas s Lewisom ale

In January 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 libier, “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. Second,

When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum vo štvrtok, December 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of

On Thursday, November 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 Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t

Yusuf Ismail v prvej polovici roka zápasil v Spojených štátoch iba šesť mesiacov 1898. Vo svojom prvom významnom zápase, bol vylúčený za hrubý faul. Vo svojom jedinom ďalšom významnom zápase, dal Evanovi “Strangler” Lewis výprask svojho života. No jeho krátke turné po Spojených štátoch z neho urobilo legendu. Ismail vstúpil do

On a Thursday night, November 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 libier. Však, 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 Gotcha, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Kopnutie” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch