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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Pada hari yang sama Joe Stecher bergulat dengan Stanislaus Zbyszko untuk versi Kejuaraan Gulat Kelas Berat Dunia yang diakui di St.. Louis, Dan “Pencekik” Lewis challenged “Besar” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Pada April 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Pencekik” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” korek api. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling
Frank J. Quinn, St. setempat. Pengacara Louis, menjabat sebagai manajer pegulat profesional George Baptise, Charley Olson dan Fred Beell. Awalnya pengagum George Baptiste, yang merupakan legenda di St. Lingkungan Louis di sekitar Jalan Cook dan Vandeventer. Baptiste akan mempekerjakan Quinn sebagai manajernya dan kemudian menjadi pengacara untuk perusahaan tenda dan tenda miliknya. During his
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rencana Rachmann mendirikan Aberg berjalan sesuai rencana setelah turnamen dimulai
Pada awal 1916, Martin “Petani” Luka bakar, yang melatih dan mengelola Frank Gotch ke Kejuaraan Kelas Berat Dunia, mulai menyangkal bahwa dia mengembangkan Juara Kelas Berat Amerika saat ini Joe Stecher. Klaim tersebut terkesan aneh karena Burns telah bekerja dengan Stecher selama beberapa tahun. Burns membantu mempersiapkan Stecher untuk pertarungan kejuaraannya dengan Charlie Cutler di 1915. Di satu sisi, apa yang Terbakar
By the end of the 1910s, professional wrestling promoters booked wrestlers in worked or pre-arranged wrestling matches. Occasionally, usually as a result of a double cross, fans would see an actual contest or “shoot” match between the wrestlers. One of these matches occurred in late 1921 and arose from a feud between Tex Rickard, primarily a boxing promoter, and Jack
Pada tanggal 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, di yang terakhir Gotch
This week’s post is to finish up the story of the double cross involving Dick Shikat and Danno O’Mahony. The origins for the double cross actually began in a match with Ed “Pencekik” Lewis in Madison Square Garden on June 9, 1932. While this match was a prearranged exhibition, the wrestlers had been in discussion about Lewis dropping the belt
Pada tanggal 21, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament began in New York. Samuel Rachman promoted the event as a way to showcase European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman believed Aberg was the natural successor to World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, who retired in 1913. On the first day of the tournament, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up