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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
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
پچھلے مہینے ایک بلاگ پوسٹ میں, میں نے جو اسٹیچر بمقابلہ جیس ویسٹرگارڈ میچ کے انعقاد میں پروموٹرز کو پیش آنے والی مشکلات کے بارے میں لکھا. اصل میں اوماہا کے لیے شیڈول ہے۔, Nebraska, اوماہا کے پولیس چیف اور پولیس کمشنر میچ کے پہلے سے انتظام کیے جانے کے بارے میں فکر مند تھے۔ “work”. وہ نہیں چاہتے تھے کہ جواریوں کو نمائش میں شامل کیا جائے۔. اس واقعے کو روکنے کے لیے, وہ
فرینک Gotch, Humboldt سے فارم لڑکے, آئیووا, دنیا ہیویویٹ کشتی چیمپئن شپ میں جارج Hackenschmidt کو شکست دینے کے 1908. یہ فتح اور اس کے بعد شکست “ہیک” میں 1911 rematch تمام وقت کا سب سے بڑا پہلوانوں سے ایک کے طور Gotch کی جگہ تقویت. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
جنوری 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
Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to
دسمبر 13, 1920, اور “Strangler کے” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. تاہم, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud
جنوری 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, اس سے پہلے چند امریکی پہلوانوں نے نوگرٹ ہونے کا دعویٰ بھی کیا تھا۔
In November 1923, سینٹ. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match between “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50
اور “Strangler کے” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”
Stanislaus Zbyszko toured the United States in 1910 in preparation for a title match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in the year. His tour brought him to St. مئی کو لوئس 29, 1910. Zbyszko was scheduled to meet highly regarded light heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson was a skilled wrestler, who trained with St. Louis wrestler George