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Desember 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 broren til verdensmester i fjærvektboksing Abe Attell. Monte ville alltid sitte fast i skyggen av sin eldre bror, men var en talentfull fighter i seg selv. Monte ville vinne verdensmesterskapet i bantamvektboksing i løpet av karrieren og etablere seg som en fighter i verdensklasse. I 1904, han var en 19-åring på vei
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, i Gotchs siste
Denne ukens innlegg er å avslutte historien om dobbeltkorset som involverer Dick Shikat og Danno O'Mahony. Opprinnelsen til dobbeltkorset begynte faktisk i en kamp med Ed “Strangler” Lewis i Madison Square Garden i juni 9, 1932. Mens denne kampen var en forhåndsarrangert utstilling, bryterne hadde vært i diskusjon om at Lewis skulle slippe beltet
Under hans første løp som verdensmester i fjærvektboksing, Abe Attell var basert fra St. Louis, Missouri. Foruten å ha leiren sin i St. Louis, Attell forsvarte tittelen sin flere ganger på St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. På tidspunktet, St. Louis var den største byen vest for Mississippi-elven i USA. Født Abraham Washington Attell
Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons var en engelsk bokser, som vant den ubestridte mellomvekten, verdensmesterskap i tungvekt og lett tungvekt, ved begynnelsen av det 20. århundre. Forveksles ofte med en australier fordi han startet sin boksekarriere der, Fitzsimmons reiste til USA i 1890 å kampanje for mellomvektsmesterskapet. Fitzsimmons sto like under 6 fot høy 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
Mai 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 utgave av St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Lille Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 pounds, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been