Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch stoeiwedstryde, die dominante styl van stoei in die Verenigde State na 1890.
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
In die laat 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Boer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Egter, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Deur 1902, George
Augustus 26, 1886, Evan “Worger” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Ten minste was dit wat ek oorspronklik gedink het en die meeste historici het aangehaal. Moderne
Op Saterdag, 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 minute. 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 besete
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
In die 1910's, Amerikaanse professionele stoei het permanent beweeg van wettige stoeikompetisies na vooraf gereëlde uitstallings. Aanhangers se belangstelling, promotorbeheer en minder slytasie op die stoeiers het alles 'n rol in hierdie oorgang gespeel. Nog 'n minder besproke druk was buite die sport self. Voor die 20ste eeu, professionele boks was onwettig in die Verenigde State. Kaal kneukels
RKO Pictures het die Dick Tracy strokiesprent karakter na die groot skerm op Desember 1, 1945. Terwyl die film is beslis 'n “B” film bedoel om eerste op die dubbel wetsontwerp, dit nog steeds van belang sou gewees het om die talle ondersteuners van die gewilde strokiesprent. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Boer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 pond. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg het ingestoei
Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Terwyl hierdie storie kan of mag
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!” Frank Gotch het na sy mededinger George Hackenschmidt gekyk, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt