Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, stb.
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg címlapra került 1917 egy birkózási kötelezettség teljesítésének megtagadása miatt indított per során Bostonban márciusban 1917. Aberg beleegyezett, hogy Wladek Zbyszkóval birkózik, alatt a fő ellenfele 1915 New York-i nemzetközi birkózótorna, George Touhey Boston promóterének. Viszont, Aberg nem sokkal azután szállt ki a viadalból, hogy aláírta a birkózási megállapodást
Clarence Whistler Indiana államban született 1856. Csak állva 5’09” vagy úgy és mérlegelve 165 font, Whistlert korának egyik legerősebb birkózójaként tartották számon. Whistler volt az egyetlen birkózó, aki nehéz helyzetbe tudta hozni William Muldoont Muldoon 9 éves világbajnoki futása alatt.. Whistler elsősorban görög-római birkózásban versenyzett, az uralkodó stílusban
Április 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. The Masked Marvel stormed
Szombaton, Január 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Az orosz Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” és 224 font, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 font. Despite his smaller
Thiebaud or Theobald Bauer was a French wrestler, who specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Bauer arrived in America during 1875 with a dubious claim to the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. He would defend his title for 5 years until defeated by William Muldoon in 1880. If wrestling fans are familiar with Bauer at all, it is normally as the opponent
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
Elhatároztam, hogy elkezdem 2020 két professzionális birkózási példán keresztül, hogy megvitassák, miért változtatna meg egy régebben írt történeti beszámolót. A történelem írásában, korlátozottak a témában elérhető források. Elsődleges források, mint a naplók, a hivatalos feljegyzések és önéletrajzok nagyon értékesek. Más források, például az újságok is jók, de
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rachmann terve az Aberg megalapítására a torna kezdete után a tervek szerint haladt
On December 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann