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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Në janar 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” dhe 210 £, “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. I dytë,
(Ky postim është një ushtrim nga libri im më i ri Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Gimmick që shpëtoi 1915 Turneu Ndërkombëtar i Mundjes i disponueshëm në Amazon.) Versioni i vjeshtës i 1915 Turneu Ndërkombëtar i Mundjes ishte në vështirësi me pjesëmarrjen dhe interesin, kur promovuesi Sam Rachmann fitoi medaljen e artë duke futur një mundës të maskuar në turneun e tij. Marvel i maskuar sulmoi
Kur Billy Sandow dhe Ed Lewis vendosën që mbretërimi i titullit të Stanislaus Zbyszko-s kishte mbaruar promocionin, vendosën të “win” përsëri titullin në mars 1922. St. Promotori i Louis John Contos ishte në gjendje të siguronte revanshin e madh, që do të ndodhte në St. Louis Coliseum të enjten, Dhjetor 14, 1922. By this time, Mundja profesionale amerikane jashtë
Të shtunën, Janar 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Lion ruse” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” dhe 224 £, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 £. Despite his smaller
Të enjten, Nëntor 22, 1923, St. Promotori i Louis John Contos priti një kartolinë të diskutueshme të kryesuar nga një ndeshje midis Joe Stecher dhe Dan Kolov, një mundës i ri bullgar. Karta u mbulua nga John E. Wray, Redaktori Sportiv i St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Karta ishte e diskutueshme sepse dy nga yjet më të mëdhenj në mundje u reklamuan, por nuk e bënë
On a Thursday night, Nëntor 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, Nju Jork. 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 £. Megjithatë, 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
In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they
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 “Kollë e thatë” në 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
Ne Janar 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