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Den 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
Monte Attell var den yngre bror til verdens fjervægtsboksemester Abe Attell. Monte ville altid sidde fast i skyggen af sin ældre bror, men var en talentfuld fighter i sin egen ret. Monte ville vinde World Bantamweight Boxing Championship i løbet af sin karriere og etablere sig som en verdensklasse fighter. I 1904, han var en 19-årig 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, Frank Gotch, 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 “Strangler” 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
Under sit første løb som verdensmester i fjervægtboksning, Abe Attell var baseret på St. Louis, Missouri. Udover at have sin lejr i St. Louis, Attell forsvarede sin titel flere gange på St. Louis’ West End Atletikklub. At the time, St. Louis var den største by vest for Mississippi-floden i USA. Født Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons var en engelsk bokser, der vandt den ubestridte mellemvægt, verdensmesterskaber i sværvægt og let sværvægt, ved begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede. Forveksles ofte med en australier, fordi han startede sin boksekarriere der, Fitzsimmons rejste til USA i 1890 at kæmpe for mellemvægtsmesterskabet. Fitzsimmons stod lige under 6 fod høj men
Fritz Lang made one of his early crime films in 1922. He directed Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922), which ran approximately four hours and thirty minutes. It tells the story of Dr. Mabuse, a professor of psychoanalysis. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple
Den maj 21, 1915, International Wrestling turnering begyndte i New York. Samuel Rachman fremmet begivenheden som en måde at fremvise europæisk græsk-romersk brydning Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman troede Åberg var den naturlige efterfølger til World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, der blev pensioneret i 1913. På den første dag af turneringen, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
April 12, 1887 udgave af St. Paul Daily Globe gennemført en historie om kampen mellem frygtede professionelle wrestlere, Evan “Strangler” Lewis og “Lille Demon” Joe Acton. Andre brydere frygtede Lewis’ evne som indsendelse ekspert især hans evner med kvælertag. Joe Acton, mens undermålere på 150 pounds, var en glubsk wrestler. The bout should have been