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Faktiskt, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, 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. Rachmans turnering skulle starta på onsdag
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Emellertid, Burns var en stor brottare i sin egen rätt. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns vann Brottning Championship amerikanska heavyweight från Evan “Den strangleren” Lewis i 1895. Burns held the title for two years. I 1893, Burns var stilla
På maj 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. Han började brottas när den pro spelet var fortfarande en verklig konkurrens. Han fortsatte att vara framgångsrik efter matchen ändrades till bearbetade (prearranged) tändstickor. I själva verket, han deltog i en skjuttävling, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 genom att dubbelkorsa sina promotorer.
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Emellertid, 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
På November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Emellertid, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Alex Aberg besegrade många anmärkningsvärda fiender under det bästa året i sin professionella brottningskarriär. I 1915, Aberg tävlade i både vår- och höstversionen av New York International Wrestling Tournament. Tävlar uteslutande i hans favoritstil av grekisk-romersk brottning, Aberg besegrade Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko och Ed “Strangler” Lewis tillsammans med ett antal brottaresällskap.
At one point before I bought my own house, I thought home repairs were one of my skills. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Grandpa Ellis taught me how to replace electrical outlets, washers on sinks and build lots of things with wood. I put together lots of prefabricated
På julnatten 1902, två små städer, liten tid, män sprängde upp unionens kassaskåp, Missouri Bank. Efter att ha hotat några medborgare, de gjorde av med över $15,000. Männen var relativt säkra i några månader tills Pinkerton Detective Agency kallades in. The Pinkertons hade en rikstäckande agentur, vilket var det närmaste United
Jag läste nyligen Choque: Den otroliga historien om Jiu-Jitsu i Brasilien, Volume 1 av Roberto Pedreira (Amazon affiliate länk), som berättar en alternativ historia om BJJs början än vad vi har fått höra av i olika intervjuer med medlemmar i Gracie Family. “Chock” översätter till “upprörande” på brasiliansk portugisisk. Medan Pedreira uttömmande undersöker och citerar primära källor, mestadels brasilianska tidningar,