Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pond. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Egter, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
Op Kersnag 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the
En “Worger” Lewis is een van die grootste professionele stoeiers en wêreldkampioene van alle tye. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, wat Lewis as promotors en stoeiers begin gebruik het, het professionele stoei oorgeskakel na 'n vooraf gereëlde of "gewerkte" uitstalling. Lewis het oorspronklik die voorste gesigslot of guillotine choke gebruik. Lewis se naamgenoot Evan "Strangler" Lewis het die voorste gesigslot of
Eintlik, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachman se toernooi sou Woensdag begin
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Hy het begin stoei toe die pro spel was nog steeds 'n werklike mededinging. Hy het voortgegaan om suksesvol te wees ná die wedstryd verander gewerk (prearranged) wedstryde. In werklikheid, hy het aan 'n skietkompetisie deelgeneem, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 deur sy promotors dubbel te kruis.
Alex Aberg het baie noemenswaardige vyande in die beste jaar van sy professionele stoeiloopbaan verslaan. In 1915, Aberg het aan beide die Lente- en Herfsweergawes van die New York Internasionale Stoeitoernooi deelgeneem. Kompeteer uitsluitlik in sy voorkeurstyl van Grieks-Romeinse stoei, Aberg het dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko en Ed “Worger” Lewis saam met 'n aantal worstelaars.
Fred Beell het professioneel gestoei van 1900 te 1919. Nadat hy 'n legendariese reputasie ontwikkel het weens sommige van sy oorwinnings oor Martin “Boer” Burns, Dan McLeod en Frank Gotch, Beell het afgetree toe hy nader gekom het 43 jaar oud. Sy post stoei loopbaan sou lei tot sy onverwagte dood by 57. Fred Beell het lang kanse oorkom om 'n bekwame professionele stoeier te word
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, die wêreldkampioen stoeier en gewigopteller in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch gehou om die titel vir vyf jaar en al die nuwelinge verslaan. Op die jong ouderdom van 35, Gotch besluit om af te tree. Vir sy laaste wedstryd, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Op Vrydag, Mei 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 na die Weste”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minute. 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. He used