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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Fred Beell bergumul profesional dari 1900 untuk 1919. Setelah mengembangkan reputasi legendaris karena beberapa kemenangan di atas Martin “Petani” Luka bakar, Dan McLeod dan Frank Gotch, Beell pensiun sebagai ia mendekati 43 tahun. karir pasca gulat akan menyebabkan kematian yang tak terduga di 57. Fred Beell mengatasi rintangan lama untuk menjadi pegulat profesional yang kompeten
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, pegulat juara dunia angkat besi dan di 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch memegang gelar selama lima tahun dan mengalahkan semua pendatang. Pada usia yang relatif muda 35, Gotch memutuskan untuk pensiun. Untuk pertandingan terakhirnya, ia akan mengambil lain pegulat terkenal Eropa dan angkat besi, George Lurich. George Lurich
Pada hari Jumat, Mei 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 menit. 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. Dia telah menggunakan
Pada akhir 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, yang
Pada hari Kamis, Januari 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins mempertahankan Kejuaraan Gulat Amerika melawan pegulat pendatang baru dari Iowa. After the first fall, para penggemar menyadari itu adalah pertandingan terberat c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins telah mengalahkan Gotch
Pada bulan Januari 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Pencekik” 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 adalah Juara Gulat Greco-Roman Perancis di tahun 1890-an. Ia memenangkan turnamen di Folies-Bergeres sebelum memenangkan sebuah turnamen di Rusia di 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons memanfaatkan ketenaran ini dengan membuka gym untuk melatih pegulat dan laki-laki yang kuat. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
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. After
Pada akhir 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 “Petani” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. However, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Oleh 1902, George