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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
जनवरी में 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” और 210 पाउंड, “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. दूसरा,
(यह पोस्ट मेरी नवीनतम पुस्तक मास्क्ड मार्वल टू द रेस्क्यू का एक अंश है: वह नौटंकी जिसने बचा लिया 1915 अंतर्राष्ट्रीय कुश्ती टूर्नामेंट अमेज़न पर उपलब्ध है।) का पतन संस्करण 1915 अंतर्राष्ट्रीय कुश्ती टूर्नामेंट उपस्थिति और रुचि से जूझ रहा था, जब प्रमोटर सैम रैचमैन ने अपने टूर्नामेंट में एक नकाबपोश पहलवान को शामिल करके प्रमोशनल गोल्ड हासिल किया. नकाबपोश मार्वल ने धावा बोल दिया
जब बिली सैंडो और एड लुईस ने निर्णय लिया कि स्टैनिस्लॉस ज़बीस्ज़को का शीर्षक शासनकाल प्रचारात्मक गति से समाप्त हो गया है, उन्होंने निर्णय लिया “win” मार्च में शीर्षक वापस 1922. सेंट. लुईस के प्रमोटर जॉन कॉन्टोस बड़े रीमैच को सुरक्षित करने में सक्षम थे, जो सेंट में घटित होगा. गुरुवार को लुइस कोलिज़ीयम, दिसंबर 14, 1922. By this time, अमेरिकी पेशेवर कुश्ती के बाहर
शनिवार को, जनवरी 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “The Russian Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” और 224 पाउंड, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 पाउंड. Despite his smaller
गुरुवार को, नवंबर 22, 1923, सेंट. 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. लुई पोस्ट डिस्पैच. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
On a Thursday night, नवंबर 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, न्यूयॉर्क. 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 पाउंड. तथापि, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “एलेक्स” 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
फ्रैंक Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, आयोवा, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “किराये का” 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
जनवरी में 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