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Fred Beell ha lottato professionalmente da 1900 a 1919. Dopo aver sviluppato una reputazione leggendaria grazie ad alcune delle sue vittorie su Martin “Agricoltore” Burns, Dan McLeod e Frank Gotch, Beell si ritirò mentre si avvicinava 43 anni. La sua carriera post-wrestling avrebbe portato alla sua morte inaspettata 57. Fred Beell ha superato grandi difficoltà per diventare un wrestler professionista competente
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, il wrestler campione del mondo e pesi in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch tenuto il titolo per cinque anni e sconfitto tutti gli avversari. A relativamente giovane età di 35, Gotch ha deciso di ritirarsi. Per la sua ultima partita, che avrebbe preso su un altro famoso wrestler europeo e pesi, George Lurich. George Lurich
Il Venerdì, Maggio 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 per l'Occidente”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 verbale. 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. Ha usato
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, che era
Giovedi ', Gennaio 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins ha difeso il suo campionato americano di wrestling contro un wrestler emergente dell'Iowa. After the first fall, i tifosi si sono resi conto che era la partita più dura del 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 aveva sconfitto Gotch
Nel mese di gennaio 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” 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.
Paolo Pons è stato il campione di wrestling greco-romana di Francia nel 1890. Ha vinto un torneo al Folies-Bergeres, prima di vincere un torneo in Russia nel 1898. Queste vittorie gli hanno permesso di rivendicare il campionato mondiale di lotta greco-romana. Pons capitalizzato su questa notorietà aprendo una palestra di lottatori treni e uomini forti. Pons’ la vittoria è stata particolarmente notevole a causa di
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. Dopo
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 “Agricoltore” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Tuttavia, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Da 1902, George