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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Fuq Diċembru 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, fl-aħħar ta’ Gotch
Il-post ta’ din il-ġimgħa huwa li ttemm l-istorja tad-double cross li jinvolvi Dick Shikat u Danno O’Mahony. L-oriġini tad-double cross fil-fatt bdew f’partita ma’ Ed “Strangler” Lewis f'Madison Square Garden f'Ġunju 9, 1932. Filwaqt li din il-partita kienet wirja mħejjija minn qabel, il-wrestlers kienu f'diskussjoni dwar Lewis twaqqa 'l-ċinturin
Fuq Mejju 21, 1915, l Wrestling Internazzjonali Tournament beda fi New York. Samuel Rachman promossi l-avveniment bħala mod biex jesponu Ewropea Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek ABERG. Rachman jemmnu ABERG kien il-suċċessur naturali World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, li rtira fl 1913. Fl-ewwel jum tal-kampjonat, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
Dwar Ġunju 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.
Dwar Marzu 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
Qed nikteb din il-kariga biex nikkoreġi post preċedenti li ktibt dwar double crosses fil-lotta professjonali. Oriġinarjament kont ħsibt li s-slaleb doppji spiċċaw wara li Stanislaus Zybszko qabeż id-doppju tal-Gold Dust Trio. Zbyszko, wara li aċċetta li jitlef kontra Munn, għelbuh f’dak li nbidel f’kompetizzjoni leġittima għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight. Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who dropped the
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
Ktibt din il-kariga minħabba konverżazzjoni li ġejt ittikkettat fiha fuq Twitter dwar il- 1911 rimatch bejn Frank Gotch u Georg Hackenschmidt għall-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight. Jim Cornette, li minbarra li huwa wieħed mill-aqwa maniġers fil-lotta professjonali huwa wkoll storiku pro wrestling magħruf, tkellem dwar id-double cross fit-tieni partita Gotch-Hack
When “Il-Lion Russu” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, magħruf bħala “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