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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Urtarrilaren On 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Abenduaren on 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the
hastea erabaki nuen 2020 Borroka profesionaleko bi adibide erabiliz, iraganean idatzi zenuen kontu historiko bat zergatik aldatuko zenukeen eztabaidatzeko. Historia idaztean, gaiari buruzko eskuragarri dauden iturriek mugatuta zaude. Egunkariak bezalako iturri nagusiak, erregistro ofizialak eta autobiografiak oso baliotsuak dira. Egunkariak bezalako beste iturri batzuk ere onak dira baina
Egun berean, Joe Stecher-ek Stanislaus Zbyszko borrokatu zuen St-en Munduko Pisu Astunen Borroka Txapelketaren bertsio aitortua lortzeko.. Louis, Eta “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
Apirilaren 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. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Urtean
Frank J. Quinn, bertako St. Luis abokatua, George Baptise borrokalari profesionalen zuzendari gisa aritu zen, Charley Olson eta Fred Beell. Jatorriz George Baptisteren mireslea, nor kondaira bat izan zen St. Louis auzoa Cook eta Vandeventer etorbideen inguruan. Baptistek Quinn hartuko zuen bere kudeatzaile gisa eta geroago bere karpa eta toldoen enpresaren abokatu gisa. 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. Rachmann’s plan for establishing Aberg was going as planned after the tournament kicked off
Hasieran 1916, Martin “Baserritarrak” Erredurak, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns
1910eko hamarkadaren amaieran, Borroka profesionalen sustatzaileek borrokalariak erreserbatu zituzten landutako edo aurrez antolatutako borroka partidetan. Batzuetan, normalean gurutze bikoitz baten ondorioz, zaleek benetako lehiaketa bat ikusiko lukete edo “shoot” borrokalarien arteko partida. Partidu horietako bat berandu gertatu zen 1921 eta Tex Rickard-en arteko liskar batetik sortu zen, batez ere boxeo sustatzailea, eta Jack