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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Fred Beell zápasil profesionálne od 1900 na 1919. Po tom, čo si vďaka niektorým víťazstvám nad Martinom vybudoval legendárnu povesť “Poľnohospodár” Burns, Dan McLeod a Frank Gotch, Keď sa blížil, Beell odišiel do dôchodku 43 rokov. Jeho kariéra po zápase by viedla k jeho nečakanej smrti 57. Fred Beell prekonal dlhé šance stať sa kompetentným profesionálnym zápasníkom
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, majster sveta zápasník a vzpierač v 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotcha držal titul po dobu piatich rokov a porazil všetkým prichádzajúcim. V relatívne mladom veku 35, Gotcha sa rozhodol odísť do dôchodku. Pre jeho posledný zápas, že by sa na ďalšie slávne európske zápasník a vzpierač, George Lurich. George Lurich
V piatok, Máj 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. On použil
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, ktorý bol
On Thursday, Január 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins obhájil svoje americké majstrovstvo v zápasení proti začínajúcemu zápasníkovi z Iowy. After the first fall, fanúšikovia si uvedomili, že to bol najťažší zápas 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 porazil Gotcha
In January 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 bol grécko-rímsky zápas majster Francúzska v roku 1890. On vyhral turnaj vo Folies-Bergères predtým, než vyhrá turnaj v Rusku 1898. Tieto víťazstvá mu umožnili získať titul majstra sveta v grécko-rímskom zápase. Pons zarábal na tejto známosti otvorením posilňovňu, aby vlak zápasníkov a silných mužov. Pons’ víťazstvo bolo pozoruhodné najmä preto
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
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 “Poľnohospodár” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Však, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Podľa 1902, George