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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
In January 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 funti, “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. Drugi,
(Ovaj post je dio moje najnovije knjige Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Trik koji je spasio 1915 Međunarodni turnir u hrvanju dostupan na Amazonu.) Jesenja verzija 1915 Međunarodni hrvački turnir mučio se s posjećenošću i interesom, kada je promotor Sam Rachmann osvojio promotivno zlato uvođenjem maskiranog hrvača na svoj turnir. Maskirani Marvel je jurišao
Kad su Billy Sandow i Ed Lewis odlučili da je vladavina naslova Stanislausa Zbyszka iscrpljena u promociji, odlučili su “win” vratiti naslov u ožujku 1922. St. Louisov promotor John Contos uspio je osigurati veliki revanš, koji bi se dogodio u St. Louis Coliseum u četvrtak, Prosinac 14, 1922. Do tog vremena, Američko profesionalno hrvanje izvan
U subotu, Siječanj 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Ruski Lion” će morati pobijediti “Užasno Turk” zadržati svoje prvenstvo. Promotori odabrana div Medrali, koji je bio 6’02” i 224 funti, poraziti naizgled nepobjedivu Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stajao samo 5’09” visok i težio 209 funti. Despite his smaller
On Thursday, Studeni 22, 1923, St. Louisov promotor John Contos ugostio je kontroverznu kartu na vrhu meča između Joea Stechera i Dana Kolova, bugarski hrvač u usponu. Kartu je prekrio John E. Wray, urednik sporta za St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Kartica je bila kontroverzna jer su se reklamirale dvije najveće zvijezde hrvanja, ali nisu
On a Thursday night, Studeni 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 funti. Međutim, 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
U postu na blogu prošli mjesec, Pisao sam o poteškoćama koje su imali promotori u organizaciji meča Joea Stechera i Jessa Westergaarda. Prvotno planirano za Omahu, Nebraska, načelnik policije Omahe i policijski komesar bili su zabrinuti zbog toga što je meč unaprijed dogovoren ili a “work”. Nisu htjeli da izložba zaokupi kockare. Kako bi spriječili ovu pojavu, oni
Frank Gotch, farmer iz Humboldt, Iowa, će pobijediti George Hackenschmidt za Svjetsko prvenstvo u teškoj kategoriji Hrvanje 1908. Ova pobjeda i njegova kasnija poraz “Pijuk” u 1911 revanš zacementirao Gotch je mjesto kao jedan od najvećih hrvača svih vremena. Gotch je vrlo talentiran hrvač, ali nije bio neporažen wunderkind legende. Gotch
Siječnja 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 je bio vješt