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Objave o rokoborcih 20. stoletja, rokoborske tekme, in filmi o rokoborbi.
Decembra 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, v Gotchevi zadnji
Ta tedenska objava je namenjena zaključku zgodbe o dvojnem križu, ki vključuje Dicka Shikata in Danna O'Mahonyja. Začetki dvojnega križa so se pravzaprav začeli v tekmi z Edom “Strangler” Lewis v Madison Square Gardnu junija 9, 1932. Medtem ko je bila ta tekma vnaprej pripravljena ekshibicija, rokoborca sta razpravljala o tem, da je Lewis odpustil pas
Maja 21, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament began in New York. Samuel Rachman promoted the event as a way to showcase European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman believed Aberg was the natural successor to World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, who retired in 1913. On the first day of the tournament, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
On June 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.
Marca 22, 1919, In “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
To objavo pišem, da popravim prejšnjo objavo, ki sem jo napisal o dvojnih križih v profesionalni rokoborbi. Sprva sem mislil, dvojni križi se je končalo po Stanislaus Zybszko dvojno prečkal Gold Dust Trio. Zbyszko, po odobritvi, da izgubijo na Munn, premagal ga je v tem, kar se je spremenilo v legitimno tekmovanje za svetovno prvenstvo v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji. In “Strangler” Lewis, kdo je spustil
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
Sem napisal ta post zaradi pogovora sem označeni na Twitterju približno 1911 revanš med Frank Gotch in Georg Hackenschmidt za pokal svetovnega Težji Wrestling. Jim CORNETTE, ki je poleg tega, da je eden najboljših managerjev v profesionalni rokoborbi, tudi znan zgodovinar profesionalne rokoborbe, govoril o dvojnem križu v drugi tekmi Gotch-Hack
When “Ruski Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, znan kot “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