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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Ym mis Ionawr 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” a 210 bunnoedd, “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. Ail,
(Mae'r post hwn yn ymdrech o fy llyfr diweddaraf Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Y Gimig A Arbedodd y 1915 Twrnamaint Reslo Rhyngwladol ar gael ar Amazon.) Mae fersiwn cwymp y 1915 Roedd y Twrnamaint Reslo Rhyngwladol yn cael trafferth gyda phresenoldeb a diddordeb, pan darodd yr hyrwyddwr Sam Rachmann aur hyrwyddo trwy gyflwyno reslwr â mwgwd i'w dwrnamaint. Cythruddodd The Masked Marvel
Pan benderfynodd Billy Sandow ac Ed Lewis fod teyrnasiad teitl Stanislaus Zbyszko wedi rhedeg allan o stêm hyrwyddo, penderfynasant “win” yn ôl y teitl ym mis Mawrth 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum on Thursday, Rhagfyr 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
Ar ddydd Sadwrn, Ionawr 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt amddiffyn ei deitl Pencampwriaeth Reslo Byd Greco-Rufeinig yn erbyn Ahmed Medrali. “Mae'r Rwsia Lion” Byddai'n rhaid i drechu “Y ofnadwy Turk” i gadw ei bencampwriaeth. Hyrwyddwyr dewis y Medrali cawr, a oedd yn 6’02” a 224 bunnoedd, i drechu'r Hackenschmidt ymddangos yn anorchfygol. Safodd George Hackenschmidt dim ond 5’09” dal ac yn pwyso 209 bunnoedd. Despite his smaller
Ar ddydd Iau, Tachwedd 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 Ôl-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
Ar nos Iau, Tachwedd 25, 1909, Cyfarfu Reslo Byd Pencampwr Frank Gotch Reslo Pwyleg Hyrwyddwr Stanislaus Zbyszko gyfer gêm handicap yn Buffalo, Efrog Newydd. Cytunwyd Gotch i fforffedu yr ornest pe na allai daflu Zbyszko ddwywaith mewn awr. Maint a chryfder Zbyszko yn creu problemau i Gotch, oedd yn pwyso 190 bunnoedd i Zbyszko yn 260 bunnoedd. Fodd bynnag,, 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
In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they
Frank Gotch, y bachgen fferm o Humboldt, Iowa, yn mynd yn groes George Hackenschmidt ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm Reslo Byd yn 1908. Mae'r fuddugoliaeth a'i drechu dilynol “Darnia” yn y 1911 rematch sment lle Gotch fel un o wrestlers mwyaf o bob amser. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
Ar Ionawr 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. Roedd Zbyszko yn fedrus