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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Fred Beell lutou profissionalmente desde 1900 a 1919. Depois de desenvolver uma reputação lendária devido a algumas de suas vitórias sobre Martin “Agricultor” Queimaduras, Dan McLeod e Frank Gotch, Beell retirou-se quando se aproximou 43 anos de idade. Sua carreira pós-wrestling levaria à sua morte inesperada em 57. Fred Beell superou grandes dificuldades para se tornar um lutador profissional competente
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, o lutador campeão do mundo e levantador de peso em 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch detinha o título por cinco anos e venceu todos os cantos. Na idade relativamente jovem de 35, Gotch decidiu se aposentar. Para sua última partida, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Na sexta-feira, Maio 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 minutes. 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. Ele usou
Na tarde 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko viajou para os Estados Unidos para desafiar World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling Frank Gotch. Antes de se reunir Gotch, Zbyszko viajou pelos Estados Unidos e lutou contra muitos lutadores locais em toda a primeira parte 1910. Zbyszko iria viajar 37,000 milhas. No início de sua turnê, Zbyszko conheceu Frank Gotch em uma partida de handicap. Zbyszko derrotado Gotch, que era
Na quinta-feira, Janeiro 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defendeu seu American Wrestling Championship contra um lutador promissor de Iowa. After the first fall, a torcida percebeu que era a partida mais difícil do 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 derrotou Gotch
Em Janeiro de 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 foi o campeão de wrestling greco-romano da França na década de 1890. Ele venceu um torneio no Folies Bergère, antes de vencer um torneio na Rússia 1898. Essas vitórias lhe permitiram conquistar o Campeonato Mundial de Luta Greco-Romana. Pons capitalizou essa notoriedade através da abertura de uma academia para lutadores de trem e homens fortes. Pons’ a vitória foi particularmente notável devido
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
Na tarde 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 “Agricultor” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. However, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Por 1902, George