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Den December 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, in Gotch’s last
This week’s post is to finish up the story of the double cross involving Dick Shikat and Danno O’Mahony. The origins for the double cross actually began in a match with Ed “Strangler” Lewis in Madison Square Garden on June 9, 1932. While this match was a prearranged exhibition, the wrestlers had been in discussion about Lewis dropping the belt
Den maj 21, 1915, International Wrestling turnering begyndte i New York. Samuel Rachman fremmet begivenheden som en måde at fremvise europæisk græsk-romersk brydning Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman troede Åberg var den naturlige efterfølger til World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, der blev pensioneret i 1913. På den første dag af turneringen, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
Juni 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.
På marts 22, 1919, Ed “Strangler” Lewis mødte Wladek Zbyszko om den ledige World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. I en overraskende sejr, Zbyszko besejrede Lewis at gøre krav på titlen. Desværre for Wladek Zbyszko, han ville kun have en kop kaffe med båndet. En måned eller to senere, Zbyszko mistede titlen til Joe Stetcher. This match was most likely
Jeg skriver dette indlæg for at rette op på et tidligere indlæg, jeg skrev om dobbeltkryds i professionel brydning. Jeg troede oprindeligt, at dobbeltkryds sluttede efter Stanislaus Zybszko dobbeltkrydsede Gold Dust Trio. Zbyszko, efter at have accepteret at tabe til Munn, besejrede ham i det, der blev til en legitim konkurrence om World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Ed “Strangler” Lewis, der droppede
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
Jeg skrev dette indlæg på grund af en samtale, jeg var tagget i på Twitter om 1911 omkamp mellem Frank Gotch og Georg Hackenschmidt til World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Jim Cornette, der udover at være en af de bedste ledere inden for professionel wrestling også er en kendt pro wrestling-historiker, talte om dobbeltkrydset i den anden Gotch-Hack-kamp
When “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, kendt som “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman