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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pounds. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Men, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, der rejste til Amerika for at tage imod Frank Gotch, efter at han havde besejret
Julenat 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko mødte Giovanni Raicievich i en længe ventet sværvægtsbrydningskamp. Zbyszko, som kæmpede for en omkamp med verdensmester i sværvægtsbrydning Frank Gotch, gik med til at smide Raicevich 3 gange ind 90 minutter eller blive erklæret som taber. Da mændene trådte ind i den berømte Madison Square Garden i New York City, Zbyszko var tydeligvis den
Den maj 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Kravene til mesterskabet var meget skumle på det tidspunkt. Bølleri og beskidte tricks slørede ofte, hvem der egentlig var amerikansk mester. Jem Mace, som blev betragtet som verdensmester to gange, mens han kæmpede i England, blev underskrevet for at møde Tom
Ed “Strangler” Lewis is one of the greatest professional wrestlers and world champions of all time. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, which Lewis started using as promoters and wrestlers transitioned professional wrestling to a prearranged or “worked” exhibition. Lewis originally used the front face lock or guillotine choke. Lewis’ namesake Evan “Strangler” Lewis made the front face lock or
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. Han sikrede sig endelig
On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. og fru. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. Marts 3, 1946 udgave af
Med Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon affiliate link), Roberto Pedreira samler historien om brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsu op i, hvad han betragter som dens storhedstid i Brasilien, 1950 – 1960. Udover Carlos og Helio Gracie, flere andre akademier, såsom Oswaldo Faddas, trivedes også. Judo vandt i popularitet, men havde ikke overvundet Jiu-Jitsu i popularitet. Vale Tudo kampe var i højden
Denne film (affiliate link) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield instrueret The Baskervilles hund (1939) for Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-stjerner som Dr.. John Watson. Rathbone og Bruce ville spille Holmes og Watson i tretten efterfølgende film, én mere for Twentieth-Century Fox og tolv for Universal Pictures. This film is a
Faktisk, 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. Rachmans turnering skulle starte onsdag
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Men, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Den Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. I 1893, Burns var stille