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Сьнежня 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
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. У 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released After The Thin Man (1936), the sequel to the popular Thin Man (1934), on Christmas Day 1936. The film is one of 14 films William Powell and Myrna Loy made together. Powell and Loy play Dashiell Hammet’s characters Nick and Nora Charles respectively. Nick Charles formerly worked as a private detective before marrying the wealthy heiress Nora.
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, Фрэнк Готч, in Gotch’s last
This week’s post is to finish up the story of the double cross involving Dick Shikat and Danno O’Mahony. The origins for the double cross actually began in a match with Ed “Душыцель” Lewis in Madison Square Garden on June 9, 1932. While this match was a prearranged exhibition, the wrestlers had been in discussion about Lewis dropping the belt
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Луіс, Місуры. Besides having his camp in St. Луіс, Attell defended his title several times at St. Луіс’ West End Athletic Club. У той час, Вуліца. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Рудзі Роберт” Фіцсіманс быў англійскім баксёрам, які перамог у бясспрэчнай сярэдняй вазе, чэмпіянат свету ў цяжкай і паўцяжкай вазе, на мяжы 20 ст. Часта памылкова прымаюць за аўстралійца, бо там ён пачынаў сваю баксёрскую кар'еру, Фіцсіманс адправіўся ў ЗША ў 1890 агітаваць за чэмпіёнства ў сярэдняй вазе. Фіцсіманс стаяў проста пад ім 6 feet tall but
Фрыц Ланг зрабіў адзін з яго ранніх фільмаў злачыннасці ў 1922. Ён накіраваў Dr. Мабузе: Гулец (1922), які бег каля чатырох гадзін і трыццаць хвілін. У ім распавядаецца гісторыя пра Dr. Мабузе, прафесар псіхааналізу. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple
Мая 21, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament began in New York. Samuel Rachman promoted the event as a way to showcase European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman believed Aberg was the natural successor to World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, who retired in 1913. On the first day of the tournament, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
The April 12, 1887 выданне St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Эван “Душыцель” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 фунты, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been