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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Cependant, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
On October 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Championnat mais est resté à l'écart des projecteurs jusqu'à
Sur Novembre 7, 1908, Charles Olson a rencontré “Americus” Gus Schonlein pour le championnat du monde de lutte des poids lourds légers. Le match s'est avéré aussi excitant que les observateurs le soupçonnaient, mais il s'est terminé par une controverse.. Olson était 6’01” mais ne pesait que 170 livres. Né Max Flaskamp à Krefeld, Rhénanie du Nord-Westphalie en 1879, il a pris le nom de Charles ou Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 livres. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Cependant, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, qui s'est rendu en Amérique pour affronter Frank Gotch après sa défaite
La nuit de Noël 1911, Stanislas Zbyszko a rencontré Giovanni Raicievich dans un combat très attendu de lutte poids lourd. Zbyszko, qui faisait campagne pour une revanche avec le champion du monde de lutte poids lourd Frank Gotch, a accepté de jeter Raicevich 3 fois dans 90 minutes ou être déclaré perdant. Alors que les hommes entraient dans le célèbre Madison Square Garden de New York, Zbyszko était clairement le
Ed “Strangler” Lewis is one of the greatest professional wrestlers and world champions of all time. Lewis’ signature déménagement était la mainmise, which Lewis started using as promoters and wrestlers transitioned professional wrestling to a prearranged or “worked” exhibition. Lewis originally used the front face lock or guillotine choke. Lewis’ namesake Evan “Strangler” Lewis made the front face lock or
Actually, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Le tournoi de Rachman devait débuter mercredi
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. He began wrestling when the pro game was still an actual competition. He continued to be successful after the game changed to worked (prearranged) matches. En fait, he participated in a shoot contest, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 by double-crossing his promotoers.
Ed “Strangler” Lewis is one of the top two American professional wrestlers of all-time. While Lewis was a legitimate submission wrestler, who could beat anyone in a wrestling contest, he worked almost exclusively in prearranged exhibition matches. Dans 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,
Alex Aberg defeated many notable foes in the greatest year of his professional wrestling career. Dans 1915, Aberg competed in both the Spring and Fall versions of the New York International Wrestling Tournament. Competing exclusively in his preferred style of Greco-Roman wrestling, Aberg defeated Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko and Ed “Strangler” Lewis along with a number of journeyman wrestlers.