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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Jim Londos se je povzpel po lestvici profesionalne rokoborbe in postal največja blagajniška zvezda ne le tridesetih let prejšnjega stoletja, ampak vseh časov. Vendar, če Londos ne bi prišel v St. Louisu v zgodnjih dvajsetih letih prejšnjega stoletja, zgodba bi lahko bila čisto drugačna. Londos se je naučil rokoborbe ujemi, ko jih ulovi, medtem ko je Londos nastopal kot močan mož v karnevalskem krogu med
Oktobra 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) Championship but remained out of the spotlight until
Novembra 7, 1908, Charles Olson met “Americus” Gus Schonlein for the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The match proved to be as exciting as observers suspected it would be but it ended in controversy. Olson stood 6’01” but weighed only 170 funtov. Born Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, he took the name Charles or Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 funtov. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Vendar, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, ki je odpotoval v Ameriko, da bi se pomeril s Frankom Gotchom po njegovem porazu
Na božični večer 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko se je srečal z Giovannijem Raicievichem v težko pričakovanem dvoboju v težki kategoriji.. Zbyszko, ki se je zavzemal za povratni dvoboj s svetovnim prvakom v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Frankom Gotchom, strinjal, da vrže Raiceviča 3 krat v 90 minut ali pa bo razglašen za poraženca. Ko so moški vstopili v slavni Madison Square Garden v New Yorku, Zbyszko je bil očitno tisti
In “Strangler” Lewis je eden največjih profesionalnih rokoborcev in svetovnih prvakov vseh časov. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, ki jih je Lewis začel uporabljati kot promotorje in rokoborce, je poklicno rokoborbo preusmeril na vnaprej dogovorjeno ali "delano" razstavo. Lewis je prvotno uporabljal sprednji čelni zaklep ali giljotinsko dušilko. Lewisov soimenjak Evan “Strangler” Lewis je izdelal front face lock oz
Dejansko, 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. Rachmanov turnir naj bi se začel v sredo
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Začel je rokoborbo, ko je pro igra še vedno dejanska konkurenca. Nadaljeval je, da bi bil uspešen, ko se igra spremeni v obdelano (prearranged) tekme. Dejansko, se je udeležil strelskega tekmovanja, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 z dvojnim križanjem njegovih promotorjev.
In “Strangler” Lewis je eden od dveh najboljših ameriških profesionalnih rokoborcev vseh časov. Medtem ko je bil Lewis legitimen podrejeni rokoborec, ki bi lahko premagal kogarkoli v rokoborbi, delal je skoraj izključno na vnaprej dogovorjenih ekshibicijskih tekmah. V 1929, sodeloval je v dvoboju s profesionalnim nogometašem, ki je postal rokoborec, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg je bil na parnem valjaku Providence,
Alex Aberg defeated many notable foes in the greatest year of his professional wrestling career. V 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.