Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
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. Hata hivyo, 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
Mnamo Oktoba 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) Ubingwa lakini ulisalia bila kuangaziwa hadi
Novemba 7, 1908, Charles Olson alikutana “Americus” Gus Schonlein kwa Mashindano ya Dunia ya Mieleka ya Uzito wa Juu. Mechi hiyo ilionekana kuwa ya kusisimua kama waangalizi walishuku kuwa ingekuwa hivyo lakini ilimalizika kwa utata. Olson alisimama 6’01” bali kupimwa tu 170 paundi. Alizaliwa Max Flaskamp huko Krefeld, Kaskazini mwa Rhine-Westphalia 1879, alichukua jina Charles au Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 paundi. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Hata hivyo, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, ambaye alisafiri hadi Amerika kuchuana na Frank Gotch baada ya kushindwa
On Krismasi Night 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko alikutana Giovanni Raicievich katika inayosubiriwa kwa hamu Heavyweight mieleka bout. Zbyszko, aliyekuwa kampeni kwa rematch na World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, walikubaliana kutupa Raicevich 3 nyakati katika 90 dakika au kutangazwa loser. Wanaume hao walipoingia kwenye bustani maarufu ya Madison Square katika Jiji la New York, Zbyszko alikuwa wazi
Na “Strangler” Lewis ni mmoja wa wanamieleka wa kitaalamu na mabingwa wa dunia wa wakati wote. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, ambayo Lewis alianza kuitumia kama mapromota na wacheza mieleka walibadilisha mieleka ya kitaalamu hadi onyesho lililopangwa au "lililofanyiwa kazi". Hapo awali Lewis alitumia kufuli kwa uso wa mbele au kusongesha kwa guillotine. Majina ya Lewis Evan "Strangler" Lewis alifanya kufuli ya uso wa mbele au
Kweli, 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. Rachman’s tournament was to start Wednesday
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Alianza kumenyana wakati wa mchezo pro alikuwa bado ushindani halisi. Aliendelea kuwa na mafanikio baada ya mchezo iliyopita na kazi (prearranged) mechi. Kwa kweli, he participated in a shoot contest, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 by double-crossing his promotoers.
Na “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. In 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,
Alex Aberg kushindwa maadui wengi mashuhuri katika mwaka kubwa ya kazi yake mieleka. In 1915, Aberg alishiriki katika Spring na Kuanguka toleo zote za Wrestling New York International mashindano. Mashindano peke yake katika mtindo wake mapendeleo ya Ugiriki na Roma mieleka, Aberg kushindwa Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko na Ed “Strangler” Lewis pamoja na idadi ya wrestlers mkufunzi.