Tag: Rokoborba Catch-as-Catch-Can

Četrtek, April 29, 1909, Frank Gotch traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to wrestle highly regarded light heavyweight wrestler Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt won the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under his real name, John Berg. Although fans thought well of Berg, they did not see him as a threat to defeat Frank Gotch in a straight match. To increase fan interest

Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. Po 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Iz 1900 za 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches

Avgusta 7, 1882, American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Edwin Bibby defended his title against English Champion Joe Acton at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The men wrestled a “catch-as-catch-can” match for the world championship. Vendar, the public did not recognize the winner of the bout as the world champion. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight

(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Iskanje odrešitve, published on February 2, 2022.) The most important event affecting the future of Frank Gotch’s career occurred on January 11, 1911. Gotch married the former Gladys Oestrich at her parent’s home in Humboldt, Iowa. Gospa. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which

Januarja 2, 1911, Swiss wrestler John Lemm found himself the laughingstock of professional wrestling fans and reporters. The incident occurred when Lemm wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko in Buffalo, New York. Fans considered Zbyszko the top contender for Frank Gotch’s world title. Zbyszko was a world class wrestler although more skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling than catch wrestling. Lemm was a skilled

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Objava tega tedna je nekakšna izpoved. Za let, Napisal sem, da je bil Frank Gotch edini rokoborec, ki je premagal Stanislausa Zbyszka med njegovo prvo turnejo po Ameriki med 1909 in 1914. Pred kratkim sem prebrala Wrestling in the Garden, Volume 1: 1875 za 1939; Bitka za New York – deluje, Strelci in dvojni križi (podružnica povezava) po

Ena od legendarnih zgodb o Joeju Stecherju se nanaša na zakonito tekmovanje, ki ga je imel z enim od Martinov “Kmet” Burnsovi rokoborci, ko je Stecher komaj končal srednjo šolo. Burns je slišal za Stecherjev rastoči ugled in se odločil, da ga preizkusi z enim od njegovih rokoborcev. Za let, Mislil sem, da je Stecher premagal Yusifa Mahmouta, v resnici pa se je boril proti Yussifu Hussaneu. The