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Fred Beell se profesionalno borio iz 1900 to 1919. Nakon što je stekao legendarnu reputaciju zbog nekih svojih pobjeda nad Martinom “Seljak” Burns, Dan McLeod i Frank Gotch, Beell se povukao čim se približio 43 godina. Njegova karijera nakon hrvanja dovela bi do njegove neočekivane smrti u 57. Fred Beell prevladao je velike probleme kako bi postao kompetentan profesionalni hrvač
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, svjetski prvak hrvač i dizač utega u 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch održan naslov za pet godina, a poraženi sve comers. U relativno mladoj dobi 35, Gotch odlučio otići u mirovinu. Na svojoj posljednjoj utakmici, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
U petak, Svibanj 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 zapisnik. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Koristio je
In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, koji je bio
On Thursday, Siječanj 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins obranio je titulu prvaka Amerike u hrvanju protiv hrvača u usponu iz Iowe. After the first fall, navijači su shvatili da je to bio najteži meč c Franka Alvina Gotcha, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins je pobijedio Gotcha
In January 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Davitelj” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons bio hrvanju grčko-rimskim prvak Francuske u 1890. On je osvojio turnir u Folies-Bergeres pred osvajanjem turnira u Rusiji 1898. Ove pobjede omogućile su mu da osvoji svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju grčko-rimskim stilom. Pons kapitaliziraju na ovoj očitost otvaranjem teretanu trenirati hrvača i jakih muškaraca. Pons’ pobjeda je bila posebno značajna zbog
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Nakon
In late 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Seljak” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Međutim, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Po 1902, George