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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” 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
Aprile 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” fiammiferi. 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, un locale St. Avvocato Luigi, è stato il manager dei lottatori professionisti George Baptise, Charley Olson e Fred Beell. Originariamente un ammiratore di George Baptiste, che era una leggenda nel St. Louis intorno a Cook e Vandeventer Avenue. Baptiste avrebbe assunto Quinn come suo manager e poi come avvocato per la sua azienda di tende e tende da sole. 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. Rachmann’s plan for establishing Aberg was going as planned after the tournament kicked off
In early 1916, Balestruccio “Agricoltore” Burns, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns
Entro la fine degli anni '10, i promotori di wrestling professionisti prenotavano lottatori in incontri di wrestling lavorati o preorganizzati. Occasionally, di solito come risultato di un doppio gioco, i fan vedrebbero un vero concorso o “shoot” incontro tra i lottatori. Una di queste partite è avvenuta tardi 1921 e nacque da una faida tra Tex Rickard, principalmente un promotore di boxe, e Jack
Dicembre 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, nell'ultimo di Gotch
Il post di questa settimana conclude la storia del doppio gioco che coinvolge Dick Shikat e Danno O'Mahony. Le origini del doppio gioco in realtà iniziarono in una partita con Ed “Strangler” Lewis al Madison Square Garden a giugno 9, 1932. Mentre questa partita era un'esibizione prestabilita, i lottatori avevano discusso sul fatto che Lewis avesse lasciato cadere la cintura
In maggio 21, 1915, Wrestling Torneo Internazionale è iniziata a New York. Samuel Rachman ha promosso l'evento come un modo per mostrare Wrestling europeo greco-romana Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman credeva Aberg era il successore naturale di Wrestling campione del mondo Frank Gotch, che si è ritirato in 1913. Il primo giorno del torneo, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up