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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
Dwar April 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” logħbiet. 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, a lokali St. Louis avukat, serva bħala l-manager għal wrestlers professjonali George Baptise, Charley Olson u Fred Beell. Oriġinarjament ammiratur ta' George Baptiste, li kien leġġenda fis-St. Louis lokal madwar Cook u Vandeventer Avenue. Baptiste kien jimpjega lil Quinn bħala maxtura tiegħu u aktar tard avukat għall-kumpanija tiegħu tat-tinda u tal-awning. 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. Il-pjan ta’ Rachmann biex jistabbilixxi Aberg kien sejjer kif ippjanat wara li beda t-turnament
In early 1916, Martin “Farmer” Burns, li ħarreġ u mexxa lil Frank Gotch għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Heavyweight, beda jiċħad li żviluppa ċ-Champion kurrenti Amerikan tal-Heavyweight Joe Stecher. It-talba dehret stramba minħabba li Burns kien ilu jaħdem ma’ Stecher għal diversi snin. Burns għen biex jipprepara lil Stecher għall-ġlieda tiegħu tal-kampjonat ma' Charlie Cutler ġewwa 1915. B'xi mod, dak Burns
Sa tmiem l-1910s, promoturi professjonali tal-lotta ibbukkjaw lottaturi f'logħbiet tal-lotta maħduma jew irranġati minn qabel. Occasionally, normalment bħala riżultat ta 'salib doppju, il-partitarji jaraw kompetizzjoni attwali jew “shoot” taqbila bejn il-wrestlers. Waħda minn dawn il-logħbiet seħħet tard 1921 u qamet minn kwiet bejn Tex Rickard, primarjament promotur tal-boxing, u Jack
Fuq Diċembru 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, fl-aħħar ta’ Gotch
Il-post ta’ din il-ġimgħa huwa li ttemm l-istorja tad-double cross li jinvolvi Dick Shikat u Danno O’Mahony. L-oriġini tad-double cross fil-fatt bdew f’partita ma’ Ed “Strangler” Lewis f'Madison Square Garden f'Ġunju 9, 1932. Filwaqt li din il-partita kienet wirja mħejjija minn qabel, il-wrestlers kienu f'diskussjoni dwar Lewis twaqqa 'l-ċinturin
Fuq Mejju 21, 1915, l Wrestling Internazzjonali Tournament beda fi New York. Samuel Rachman promossi l-avveniment bħala mod biex jesponu Ewropea Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek ABERG. Rachman jemmnu ABERG kien il-suċċessur naturali World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, li rtira fl 1913. Fl-ewwel jum tal-kampjonat, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up