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Yanvar ayında 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” və 210 manat, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Ikinci,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Xilas edən Hiylə 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. The Masked Marvel stormed
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum Cümə axşamı, Dekabr 14, 1922. Bu zaman, American professional wrestling outside of
Şənbə günü, Yanvar 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Rusiya Lion” would have to defeat “Qorxunc Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” və 224 manat, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 manat. Despite his smaller
Cümə axşamı, Noyabr 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispetçer. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
On a Thursday night, Noyabr 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 manat. Lakin, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
Keçən ay bir blog yazısında, Təqdimatçıların Joe Stecher - Jess Westergaard matçını qurmaqda çətinlik çəkdiklərini yazdım. Əvvəlcə Omaha üçün planlaşdırılır, Nebraska, Omaha Təhlükəsizlik Müdiri və Polis Komissarı matçın əvvəlcədən qurulmasından və ya a “work”. Sərgi tərəfindən qumar oyunçularının qəbul edilməsini istəmirdilər. Bu hadisənin qarşısını almaq üçün, onlar
Frank Gotch, Humboldt-dən təsərrüfatı oğlan, Iowa, Dünya ağır Güləş Çempionatında üçün George Hackenschmidt məğlub olacaq 1908. Bu qələbə və onun sonrakı məğlubiyyəti “Doğramaq” ilə 1911 qisas bütün zaman ən böyük güləş biri kimi Gotch yerini sementlənməsi. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
Yanvar 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko was a skilled