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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Sou Desanm 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, nan dènye Gotch la
Pòs semèn sa a se pou fini istwa doub kwa ki enplike Dick Shikat ak Danno O'Mahony.. Orijin yo pou kwa doub la aktyèlman te kòmanse nan yon match ak Ed “Strangler” Lewis nan Madison Square Garden nan mwa jen 9, 1932. Pandan ke match sa a te yon egzibisyon davans, luteur yo te nan diskisyon sou Lewis jete senti a
Sou Me 21, 1915, Lit Entènasyonal la chanpyona te kòmanse nan New York. Samyèl Rachman ankouraje evènman an kòm yon fason yo montre Ewopeyen greko-Women Lit Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman kwè Aberg te siksesè a natirèl nan Mondyal Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, ki pran retrèt li an 1913. Sou premye jou a nan konpetisyon an, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
On June 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.
Sou Mas 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
Mwen ekri pòs sa a pou m korije yon pòs anvan mwen te ekri sou kwa doub nan lit pwofesyonèl. Mwen te panse orijinèlman doub kwa te fini apre Stanislaus Zybszko doub te travèse Gold Dust Trio la.. Zbyszko, apre yo fin dakò pèdi ak Munn, bat li nan sa ki te tounen yon konkou lejitim pou World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship la. Ed “Strangler” Lewis, ki moun ki lage a
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
Mwen te ekri pòs sa a akòz yon konvèsasyon mwen te make sou Twitter sou la 1911 revanj ant Frank Gotch ak Georg Hackenschmidt pou chanpyona Mondyal Lut Pwa Lou. Jim Cornette, ki moun ki anplis ke yo te youn nan pi bon manadjè yo nan lit pwofesyonèl se tou yon istoryen pro lit., te pale de kwa doub nan dezyèm match Gotch-Hack la
When “Lion Ris la” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, li te ye tankou “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