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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Al gener 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” i 210 lliures, “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. Segon,
(Aquesta publicació és un exercici del meu llibre més recent Masked Marvel to the Rescue: El truc que va salvar 1915 Torneig internacional de lluita lliure disponible a Amazon.) La versió de tardor del 1915 El Torneig Internacional de Lluita va tenir problemes d'assistència i interès, quan el promotor Sam Rachmann va aconseguir l'or promocional introduint un lluitador emmascarat al seu torneig. The Masked Marvel va assaltar
Quan Billy Sandow i Ed Lewis van decidir que el regnat del títol de Stanislaus Zbyszko s'havia quedat sense impuls promocional, van decidir “win” tornar el títol al març 1922. St. El promotor de Louis, John Contos, va poder assegurar la gran represa, que es produiria al St. Louis Coliseum el dijous, Desembre 14, 1922. By this time, Lluita professional nord-americana fora de
Dissabte, Gener 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “El lleó rus” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” i 224 lliures, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 lliures. Despite his smaller
On Thursday, Novembre 22, 1923, St. El promotor de Louis, John Contos, va acollir una polèmica targeta rematada per un partit entre Joe Stecher i Dan Kolov, un lluitador búlgar emergent. La targeta va ser coberta per John E. Wray, l'editor esportiu del St. Louis Post-Dispatch. La targeta va ser controvertida perquè es van anunciar dues de les estrelles més grans de la lluita lliure, però no ho van fer
On a Thursday night, Novembre 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 lliures. Però, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. 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
En una entrada al blog el mes passat, Vaig escriure sobre la dificultat que van tenir els promotors per organitzar el partit Joe Stecher contra Jess Westergaard. Inicialment programat per a Omaha, Nebraska, el cap de policia d'Omaha i el comissari de policia estaven preocupats perquè el partit estigués preestablert o a “work”. No volien que els jugadors fossin acollits per l'exposició. Per evitar aquest fet, ells
Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Cop de destral” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
Al gener 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