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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Fred Beell wrestled professionally ntawm 1900 mus 1919. Tom qab tsim ib lub koob npe nrov legendary vim ib txhia nws yeej hla Martin “Ua teb” Zaus, Dan McLeod thiab Frank Gotch, Beell txijnkawm raws li nws nyob ze 43 xyoo. Nws ncej wrestling hauj lwm yuav ua rau nws npaj txhij txog tuag thaum 57. Fred Beell overcame ntev yuav muaj tseeb ua ib competent kev wrestler
Yog nto moo rau defeating George Hackenschmidt Frank Gotch, lub ntiaj teb tau zus ib wrestler thiab weightlifter rau 1908 thiab cov 1911 rematch. Gotch nyob rau hauv txoj cai title 5 xyoos thiab tua yeej pobtsuas tag nrho. Hauv kuj yog cov muaj hnub nyoog 35, Gotch txiav txim siab los so num lawm. Kom nws match kawg, nws yuav siv tau rau lwm leej lwm nto moo wrestler thiab weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Txog rau hnub Friday, Tej zaum 12, 1905, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas tom qab defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Yog ib tus Hackenschmidt nres yog tus “Rooj vag rau sab hnub poob”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt pom zoo muab pov tseg peb wrestlers nyob rau hauv 90 feeb. Nws accomplished no feat tsawg tshaj li 19 feeb tom qab tus thib peb wrestler
Ad Santel nkag kev wrestling ib cim lig. Ua ntej nws pib wrestling hauv lub 1910s, kev wrestling transitioned los ntawm txojkev rau miv prearranged. Santel khoom txawj muaj cuav, uas yuav tau pub nws tuav ntau lub wrestlers ntawm txojkev wrestling tseeb. Santel puas tau koom tes ntau tseeb txojkev uas muaj Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Nws siv
Nyob lig 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko mus rau lub tebchaws United States cam ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch. Ua ntej ntsib Gotch, Zbyszko toured lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab battled ntau lub zos wrestlers thoob plaws ib sab thaum ntxov ntawm 1910. Zbyszko yuav ncig teb chaws 37,000 mais. Ntxov ntxov hauv nws ncig saib, Zbyszko ntsib Frank Gotch hauv ib qhov kev tsis taus match. Zbyszko tua yeej Gotch, leej twg tau
Txog hnub plaub, Lub ib hlis ntuj 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defended his American Wrestling Championship against an up-and-coming wrestler from Iowa. Thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj, the fans realized it was the toughest match of the c Frank Alvin Gotch, lub Humboldt, Iowa ua teb cov tub uas yuav defeat Georg Hackenschmidt rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Championship rau 1908, yog Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins had defeated Gotch’s
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 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.
Paul Pons yog lub Greco-Roman Wrestling tau zus ib ntawm Fabkis nyob hauv lub 1890s. Nws yeej muaj kev sib tw rau lub Folies-Bergeres ua ntej winning ib cov kev sib tw nyob Xos Viav hauv 1898. No yeej loj heev pub rau nws siv lub ntiaj teb Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons capitalized ntawm no notoriety qhib ib gym rau tsheb nqaj hlau wrestlers thiab cov txiv neej muaj zog. Pons’ yeej yog tshwj xeeb zoo kawg li vim qhov
Thaum lub 1915 New York International Wrestling kev sib tw restarted lub kaum hli ntuj 1915, Ib mysterious masked txiv neej zaum ntawm ringside demanding ib nkag teb chaws rau hauv cov kev sib tw. Ua ntej tus txiv neej masked tus txiv neej tuaj txog, Cov kev sib tw yuav tsum tau maj mam kawm. Tus attraction ntawm tus txiv neej masked zaum ntawm ringside attracted ob kiv cua thiab ntawv xov xwm txaus siab. Crowds pib uas qhia rau qhov yuam kev. Tom qab
Nyob lig 1902, Harvey Parker, Ib tug wrestler wrestler uas pib wrestling hauv 1900, travelled rau St. Louis los sib tw lub zos wrestling zej zog. Parker yuav tau xav St. Louis yuav ua tau ib lub zos yooj yim dua “Ua teb” Kub yus chaw uas zoo heev nyob Chicago thiab Iowa. Txawm li cas los, Parker yuav nrhiav tau ob tug muaj peev wrestler hauv St. Louis, George Baptiste thiab Oscar Wasem. Los ntawm 1902, George