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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
I’m writing this post to correct an earlier post I wrote about double crosses in professional wrestling. I originally thought double crosses ended after Stanislaus Zybszko double crossed the Gold Dust Trio. Zbyszko, after agreeing to lose to Munn, defeated him in what turned into a legitimate contest for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who dropped the
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in
Ar Hydref 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. Yn 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this
Ysgrifennais y post hwn oherwydd sgwrs cefais fy ntagio i mewn ar Twitter am y 1911 ail gêm rhwng Frank Gotch a Georg Hackenschmidt ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth Reslo Pwysau Trwm y Byd. Jim Cornette, sydd ar wahân i fod yn un o'r rheolwyr gorau ym myd reslo proffesiynol hefyd yn hanesydd pro reslo nodedig, siarad am y groes dwbl yn yr ail gêm Gotch-Hack
When “Mae'r Rwsia Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, known as “Darnia” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Enillodd Hackenschmidt deitl y byd yn Greco-Rufeinig
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 cofnodion. Enillodd Beell y
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Erbyn 1904 neu 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
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. Fodd bynnag,, 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
Ar Hydref 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) Pencampwriaeth ond arhosodd allan o'r chwyddwydr tan
Ar Dachwedd 7, 1908, Cyfarfu Charles Olson “Americus” Gus Schonlein ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth y Byd Reslo Light Pwysau Trwm. Profodd y gêm i fod mor gyffrous fel arsyllwyr amau y byddai'n ond mae'n dod i ben yn dadlau. Safai Olson yn 6’01” ond pwyso dim ond 170 bunnoedd. Ganwyd Max Flaskamp yn Krefeld, Gogledd Rhine-Westphalia yn 1879, cymerodd yr enw Charles neu Charley Olson