Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Inlägg om grekisk-romerska brottningsmatcher och andra brottningsstilar som krag- och armbågsbrottning, sidahåll brottning, Cornish brottning, etc..
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, i Gotchs sista
På maj 21, 1915, Internationella brottning turnering började i New York. Samuel Rachman främjas händelsen som ett sätt att visa upp Europeiska grekisk-romersk brottning mästare Alek Aberg. Rachman trodde Aberg var en naturlig efterträdare till World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, som gick i pension i 1913. Den första dagen av turneringen, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
Ernest Roeber was an accomplished Greco-Roman wrestler. William Muldoon, the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion from 1880 till 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Emellertid, the world title would continue to be disputed until George Hackenschmidt won several Greco-Roman Tournaments in Europe during 1901. Yusuf Ismail, the Terrible Turk, ansågs vara en av de
On June 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in
På Oktober 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. I 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this
I kampsporter, en bra stor man slår vanligtvis en bra liten man. Om du är bra, du kan ofta kompensera för stora storleksskillnader. Edwin Bibby blev bara 5’04” och vägs 160 pund men besegrade många större brottare under sin professionella brottningskarriär. Bibby besegrade många brottare inklusive den gigantiska tyska brottaren William Heygster. Edwin Bibby kunde
Den kraftfulla William Muldoon ansågs oövervinnerlig som grekisk-romersk World Wrestling Champion. Endast en man utmanade Muldoon på allvar under hans dominerande regeringstid. Den 165 pund tunga Clarence Whistler gav Muldoon konsekvent sina tuffaste utmaningar. Muldoon och Whistler träffades på torsdagen, November 1, 1883 i San Francisco, Kalifornien i en av sina flera matcher. William Muldoon var nästan ett huvud längre och vägde
Joe Acton var en av Englands bästa brottare under 1800-talet. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Han säkrade till slut