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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Ar Nollaig 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, i Gotch deiridh
Is é post na seachtaine seo ná scéal na croise dúbailte a bhaineann le Dick Shikat agus Danno O’Mahony a chríochnú.. Thosaigh bunús na croise dúbailte i ndáiríre i gcomórtas le Ed “Strangler” Lewis i Madison Square Garden ar Meitheamh 9, 1932. Cé gur taispeántas réamhshocraithe a bhí sa chluiche seo, bhí na wrestlers i mbun díospóireachta faoi Leòdhas ag titim an crios
On May 21, 1915, an Wrestling Idirnáisiúnta Tournament thosaigh i Nua-Eabhrac. Samuel Rachman cinn an ócáid mar bhealach a thaispeáint Wrestling Eorpach Greco-Roman Champion Alek Aberg. Chreid Rachman Bhí Aberg go nádúrtha i an Domhain Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, a chuaigh ar scor i 1913. Ar an gcéad lá den tournament, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
Ar Meitheamh 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.
Ar Márta 22, 1919, Ed “Strangler” Lewis met Wladek Zbyszko for the vacant World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. In a surprise victory, Zbyszko defeated Lewis to claim the title. Unfortunately for Wladek Zbyszko, he would only have a cup of coffee with the belt. A month or two later, Zbyszko lost the title to Joe Stetcher. This match was most likely
Tá an post seo á scríobh agam chun post níos luaithe a cheartú a scríobh mé faoi chrosa dúbailte i gcogaíocht ghairmiúil. Shíl mé ar dtús gur tháinig deireadh le crosa dúbailte tar éis do Stanislaus Zybszko an Triúr Dust Óir a thrasnú faoi dhó. Zbyszko, tar éis aontú cailliúint do Munn, bhuaigh sé air i gcomórtas dlisteanach do Chraobh Domhanda Wrestling Trom-mheáchain. Ed “Strangler” Lewis, a thit an
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
Scríobh mé an post seo mar gheall ar chomhrá a raibh mé clibáilte isteach ar Twitter faoi na 1911 athmheaitseáil idir Frank Gotch agus Georg Hackenschmidt don Chraobhchomórtas Domhanda Trom-mheáchain Wrestling. Jim Cornette, Cé is moite de bheith ar cheann de na bainisteoirí is fearr sa wrestling gairmiúil, is staraí pro wrestling iomráiteach é freisin, labhair faoin gcros dúbailte sa dara cluiche Gotch-Hack
Nuair a “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, ar a dtugtar “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