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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Janvārī 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” and 210 mārciņas, “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. Otrais,
(Šis ieraksts ir paņēmiens no manas jaunākās grāmatas Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Trika, kas izglāba 1915 Starptautiskais cīņas turnīrs pieejams vietnē Amazon.) Rudens versija 1915 Starptautiskais cīņas turnīrs cīnījās ar apmeklētību un interesi, kad reklamētājs Sems Reimans ieguva reklāmas zeltu, savā turnīrā ieviešot maskās tērptu cīkstoni. Masked Marvel iebruka
Kad Billijs Sendovs un Eds Lūiss nolēma, ka Staņislava Zbiško titula valdīšanai ir beidzies reklāmas tvaiks, viņi nolēma “uzvarēt” martā atgriezīs titulu 1922. St. Louis promouters Džons Kontoss spēja nodrošināt lielo revanšu, kas notiks Sv. Luisa Kolizejā ceturtdien, Decembris 14, 1922. By this time, Amerikāņu profesionālā cīkstēšanās ārpus
Sestdien, Janvāris 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Krievu Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” and 224 mārciņas, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 mārciņas. Despite his smaller
Ceturtdien, Novembris 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 Post-nosūtīšana. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
On a Thursday night, Novembris 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 mārciņas. Tomēr, 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
Pagājušā mēneša emuāra ierakstā, Es rakstīju par grūtībām, kādas bija veicinātājiem, organizējot Džo Steheru pret Džesu Vestergārdu spēli. Sākotnēji plānots Omaha, Nebraska, Omahas policijas priekšnieks un policijas komisārs bija noraizējies par to, ka spēle ir iepriekš norunāta vai a “work”. Viņi nevēlējās, lai izstādē tiktu iesaistīti spēlmaņi. Lai novērstu šo parādību, viņi
Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Kapāt” 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
Janvārī 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