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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. Madankollu, 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
Ottubru 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) Kampjonat imma baqa’ barra mill-attenzjoni sa
Fuq Novembru 7, 1908, Charles Olson iltaqa' “Americus” Gus Schonlein għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Light Heavyweight. Il-partita wriet li kienet eċċitanti daqs kemm l-osservaturi ssuspettaw li se tkun iżda spiċċat f’kontroversja. Olson kien 6’01” iżda miżun biss 170 liri. Imwieled Max Flaskamp fi Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia fi 1879, ħa l-isem Charles jew Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 liri. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Madankollu, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
Fuq Lejl tal-Milied 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the
Ed “Strangler” Lewis huwa wieħed mill-akbar wrestlers professjonali u ċampjins tad-dinja ta’ kull żmien. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, li Lewis beda juża bħala promoturi u wrestlers biddel il-lotta professjonali għal wirja mħejjija minn qabel jew "maħdem". Lewis oriġinarjament uża s-serratura tal-wiċċ ta 'quddiem jew iċ-ċowk tal-giljottina. L-isem ta 'Lewis Evan "Strangler" Lewis għamel il-lock tal-wiċċ ta' quddiem jew
Attwalment, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, 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. It-tournament ta’ Rachman kellu jibda nhar l-Erbgħa
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Beda lotta meta l-logħba pro kienet għadha kompetizzjoni attwali. Huwa kompla biex tkun suċċess wara l-logħba nbidlet biex maħdum (prearranged) logħbiet. Fil-fatt, ipparteċipa f’konkors ta’ rimja, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 billi jaqsam doppju lill-promoturi tiegħu.
Ed “Strangler” Lewis huwa wieħed mill-aqwa żewġ wrestlers professjonali Amerikani ta’ kull żmien. Filwaqt li Lewis kien wrestler sottomissjoni leġittima, li seta’ jegħleb lil xi ħadd f’konkors ta’ lotta, ħadem kważi esklussivament f'logħbiet ta' esibizzjoni rranġati minn qabel. Fil 1929, ħa sehem f’logħba ma’ plejer tal-futbol professjonali li sar wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg kien fuq il-Providenza Steam Roller,
Alex Aberg għeleb ħafna għedewwa notevoli fl-akbar sena tal-karriera tiegħu ta’ lotta professjonali. Fil 1915, Aberg ikkompetiet kemm fil-verżjonijiet tar-Rebbiegħa kif ukoll fil-Ħafa tat-Tournament Internazzjonali tal-Lotta ta’ New York. Jikkompeti esklussivament fl-istil preferut tiegħu tal-lotta Greko-Rumana, Aberg għeleb lil Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko u Ed “Strangler” Lewis flimkien ma’ numru ta’ wrestlers journeyman.