Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
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Sa December 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, in Gotch ni noong nakaraang
Ang post sa linggong ito ay upang tapusin ang kwento ng dobleng krus na kinasasangkutan nina Dick Shikat at Danno O’Mahony. Ang mga pinagmulan para sa dobleng krus talaga ay nagsimula sa isang tugma kay Ed “Strangler” Lewis sa Madison Square Garden noong Hunyo 9, 1932. Habang ang tugma na ito ay isang prearranged exhibition, ang mga namumuno ay napag-usapan tungkol sa pagbagsak ni Lewis ng sinturon
Sa Mayo 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
Noong Hunyo 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.
Sa Marso 22, 1919, At “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
Sinusulat ko ang post na ito upang iwasto ang isang naunang post na isinulat ko tungkol sa dobleng krus sa propesyonal na pakikipagbuno. Akala ko sa una ay natapos ang dobleng mga krus matapos na doble na tumawid si Stanislaus Zybszko sa Gold Dust Trio. Zbyszko, matapos sumang-ayon na mawala sa Munn, natalo siya sa kung ano ang naging isang lehitimong paligsahan para sa World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. At “Strangler” Lewis, na bumagsak ng
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
Isinulat ko ang post na ito dahil sa isang pag-uusap na na-tag sa akin sa Twitter tungkol sa 1911 rematch sa pagitan nina Frank Gotch at Georg Hackenschmidt para sa World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Jim Cornette, na bukod sa pagiging isa sa mga pinakamahusay na tagapamahala sa propesyonal na pakikipagbuno ay isa ring kilalang pro wrestling historian, napag-usapan ang tungkol sa double cross sa ikalawang Gotch-Hack match
Kailan “Ang Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, na kilala bilang “Pataga” 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