Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Madankollu, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Sam Langford hija meqjusa waħda mill-lira akbar għall-ġellieda lira ta 'kull żmien. Imwieled f'Marzu 4, 1883 fl Falls Weymouth, Nova Scotia, hu meqjus bħala l-akbar boxer Kanadiż ta’ kull żmien. Il-karriera tal-ġlied tiegħu kienet tiġġebbed minn 1900 li 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. He
Il-Gorilla (1939) hija kummiedja-misteru “B” film starring l-Brothers Ritz, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi u Lionell ATWILL. Il-film kien prodott minn Għoxrin Seklu Fox qabel ma nieqaf teħid “B” films, the first film on a double bill. Il Brothers Ritz kienu attivi bejn 1925 u l-1960, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made
Ottubru 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Kampjonat imma baqa’ barra mill-attenzjoni sa
Fuq Novembru 7, 1908, Charles Olson iltaqa' “Americus” Gus Schonlein għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Light Heavyweight. Il-partita wriet li kienet eċċitanti daqs kemm l-osservaturi ssuspettaw li se tkun iżda spiċċat f’kontroversja. Olson kien 6’01” iżda miżun biss 170 liri. Imwieled Max Flaskamp fi Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia fi 1879, ħa l-isem Charles jew Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 liri. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Madankollu, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
Fuq Lejl tal-Milied 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the
Fuq Mejju 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Claims to the championship were very murky at the time. Thuggery and dirty tricks often obscured who was actually American Champion. Jem Mace, who was considered World Champion twice while fighting in England, was signed to meet Tom
Ed “Strangler” Lewis huwa wieħed mill-akbar wrestlers professjonali u ċampjins tad-dinja ta’ kull żmien. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, li Lewis beda juża bħala promoturi u wrestlers biddel il-lotta professjonali għal wirja mħejjija minn qabel jew "maħdem". Lewis oriġinarjament uża s-serratura tal-wiċċ ta 'quddiem jew iċ-ċowk tal-giljottina. L-isem ta 'Lewis Evan "Strangler" Lewis għamel il-lock tal-wiċċ ta' quddiem jew
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. Huwa finalment assigurat