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V januarju 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” in 210 funtov, “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,
(Ta objava je izvleček iz moje najnovejše knjige Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Trik, ki je rešil 1915 Mednarodni rokoborski turnir je na voljo na Amazonu.) Jesenska različica 1915 Mednarodni rokoborbeni turnir se je boril z udeležbo in zanimanjem, ko je promotor Sam Rachmann dosegel promocijsko zlato z uvedbo zamaskiranega rokoborca na svoj turnir. Zamaskiran Marvel je nevihto
Ko sta se Billy Sandow in Ed Lewis odločila, da je vladavini naslova Stanislausa Zbyszka zmanjkalo promocijske moči, so se odločili za “win” nazaj naslov marca 1922. St. Louisov promotor John Contos je uspel zagotoviti veliki povratni dvoboj, ki bi se zgodila pri sv. Louis Coliseum v četrtek, December 14, 1922. By this time, Ameriška profesionalna rokoborba zunaj
V soboto, Januar 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Ruski Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” in 224 funtov, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 funtov. Despite his smaller
Četrtek, November 22, 1923, St. Louisov promotor John Contos je gostil kontroverzno karto na vrhu med Joejem Stecherjem in Danom Kolovom, vzhajajoči bolgarski rokoborec. Kartico je pokril John E. Wray, urednik športa za St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Kartica je bila sporna, ker sta se oglaševali dve največji zvezdi v rokoborbi, a nista
On a Thursday night, November 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 funtov. Vendar, 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
V objavi v blogu prejšnji mesec, Pisal sem o težavah, ki so jih imeli promotorji pri pripravi dvoboja Joe Stecher proti Jess Westergaard. Prvotno načrtovano za Omaho, Nebraska, načelnik policije Omaha in policijski komisar sta bila zaskrbljena, da je bila tekma vnaprej dogovorjena ali a “work”. Niso želeli, da bi razstava prevzela hazarderje. Da bi preprečili ta pojav, oni
Frank Gotch, Kmetija fant iz Humboldt, Iowa, bi poraz George Hackenschmidt za Svetovno prvenstvo v Težji Wrestling 1908. Ta zmaga in njegova kasnejša poraz “Hack” pri 1911 revanš utrdili Gotch je mesto kot ena od največjih rokoborcev vseh časov. Gotch je bil zelo nadarjen rokoborec, vendar ni bil nepremagan wunderkind legendo. Gotch
Januarja 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 bil spreten