Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
1910., Ameerika Ühendriikide professionaalne maadlus püsivalt kolis õigustatud maadlus võistlused jätavad näitused. Fan huvi, promootor kontrolli ja vähem kulumist maadlejate kõik mänginud rolli see üleminek. Teine vähem rääkinud rõhk oli väljaspool sport ise. Enne 20. sajandi, Profipoksi oli ebaseaduslik USA. lihtsalt vait
RKO Pictures brought the Dick Tracy comic strip character to the big screen on December 1, 1945. While the film is definitely a “B” film meant to be first on the double bill, it still would have been of interest to the many fans of the popular comic strip. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddockil oli 1910. aastate lõpus ja 1920. aastate alguses suhteliselt lühike, kuid korruseline professionaalne maadluskarjäär. Professionaalne debüüt aastal 1915 pärast kolme AAU riikliku tiitli võitmist amatöörmaadluses, Caddock maadles ainult professionaalselt kuni 1922. Siiski, ta tunnistatakse maailmameistriks pärast Joe Stecheri alistamist aprillis 1917. Caddock kaotaks tiitli tagasi
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Farmer” 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 naela. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg maadles sisse
“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. Uuesti, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!Frank Gotch vaatas oma rivaali George Hackenschmidti poole, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, mistõttu mõlemad promootorid
On detsember 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Pealik Kaks Sulge sisenesid
Teisipäeval, Jaanuar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. Aasta jaanuaris 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “kägistama Sorakichit