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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
June On 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.
Martxoan 22, 1919, Eta “Strangler” Lewis met Wladek Zbyszko for the vacant World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. In a surprise victory, Zbyszko defeated Lewis to claim the title. Unfortunately for Wladek Zbyszko, he would only have a cup of coffee with the belt. A month or two later, Zbyszko lost the title to Joe Stetcher. This match was most likely
Borroka profesionalean gurutze bikoitzei buruz idatzi nuen aurreko mezu bat zuzentzeko idazten dut mezu hau. Hasiera batean gurutze bikoitzak Stanislaus Zybszkok Gold Dust Trio gurutzatu ostean amaitu zirela uste nuen. Zbyszko, Munnen aurka galtzea onartu ondoren, garaitu zuen Munduko Heavyweight Wrestling Txapelketarako legezko lehia bihurtu zenean. Eta “Strangler” Lewis, nork jaitsi zuen
Stanislaus Zbyszko Estatu Batuetan bira egin zuen 1910 urtean beranduago pisu astuneko Munduko Borroka txapeldun Frank Gotch-ekin titulu partidarako prestatzen. Bere ibilbideak St. Luis maiatzean 29, 1910. Zbyszkok Charley Olson pisu arineko grappler ospetsuarekin topo egiteko asmoa zuen. Olson borrokalari trebea zen, St.ekin entrenatu zuena. Louis borrokalaria George
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in
Urriaren On 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. Urtean 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this
Mezu hau Twitter-en etiketatu ninduten elkarrizketa baten ondorioz idatzi dut 1911 Frank Gotch eta Georg Hackenschmidt-en arteko errebantxa Munduko Heavyweight Wrestling Txapelketarako. Jim Cornette, Borroka profesionaleko zuzendari onenetarikoa izateaz gain, borroka profesionalaren historialari nabarmena ere bada., bigarren Gotch-Hack partidan gurutze bikoitzaz hitz egin zuen
When “Errusiako Lehoia” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, bezala ezagutzen “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidtek munduko titulua irabazi zuen greko-erromatarrez
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 minutu. Beell won the
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Arabera 1904 edo 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,