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Zapravo, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachmanov turnir trebao je početi u srijedu
Bregunica “Seljak” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Međutim, Burns je bio veliki hrvač u svoje pravo. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Davitelj” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. U 1893, Burns je bio miran
Svibnja 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Počeo je hrvanje, kada pro igra je još uvijek stvarna konkurencija. On je i dalje bio uspješan nakon igre promijenjen u obrađenim (prearranged) šibice. Zapravo, sudjelovao je u streljačkom natjecanju, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 prevarivši svoje promotore.
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Međutim, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone and Shea were local criminals, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was
Studeni 13, 1930, Roland V. West objavio palicu šapuće (1930), toki verzija njegove tihe klasične, Bat (1926). Film prati vjerno skriptu od originala. Međutim, West je u stanju eksperimentirati s filmskim tehnikama kao što su praćenje metak, još uvijek novost u ranim zvuka kinu. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Alex Aberg pobijedio je mnoge poznate protivnike u najboljoj godini svoje profesionalne hrvačke karijere. U 1915, Aberg se natjecao u proljetnoj i jesenskoj verziji New York International Wrestling Tournamenta. Natječe se isključivo u stilu grčko-rimskog hrvanja koji preferira, Aberg je pobijedio Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko i Ed “Davitelj” Lewis zajedno s brojnim hrvačima kalfama.
U jednom trenutku prije nego što sam kupio svoju kuću, Mislio sam kućni popravci su jedan od mojih vještina. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Djed Ellis me učio kako zamijeniti električne instalacije, podloške na ponora i izgraditi puno stvari s drveta. I put together lots of prefabricated
U Božićnoj noći 1902, dva mala grada, malovrijeme, pljačkaši su raznijeli sef Unije, Missouri banka. Nakon prijetnji nekolicini građana, pobjegli su s preko $15,000. Muškarci su bili relativno sigurni nekoliko mjeseci dok nije pozvana detektivska agencija Pinkerton. Pinkertonovi su imali agenciju diljem zemlje, što je bilo najbliže Unitedu
Nedavno sam čitala Choquea: Neispričana priča o jiu-jitsuu u Brazilu, Volumen 1 od Roberta Pedreire (Amazon partnerska veza), koji govori alternativnu priču o počecima BJJ-a od one koju smo ispričali u raznim intervjuima s članovima obitelji Gracie. “Šok” prevodi na “šokantno” na brazilskom portugalskom. Dok Pedreira iscrpno istražuje i citira primarne izvore, uglavnom brazilske novine,