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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
Lørdag, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutter. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem besat
Den August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions udgav Killer Dill (1947), en krimi, hvor den professionelle wrestler Mike Mazurki spiller "Little Joe", en håndlanger, der spiller begge sider af en bandefejde. Stuart Erwin spiller Johnny "Killer" Dill, en lingeridesigner og sælger, som folk forveksler med en gangster. Efter ved et uheld at have involveret sig selv i en bandekrig, hans
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
Den internationale Wrestling turnering fandt sted i to faser mellem maj 19, 1915 og december 31, 1915. Halvtreds brydere ville konkurrere i den første fase af turneringen, herunder verdens græsk-romerske Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Den anden rate havde 40 brydere, herunder op og kommende stjerne Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Den
Willard “Wild Bill” Longson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 but spent most of his adult life in St. Louis, Missouri. After beginning his career as a professional wrestler in 1931, Longson found himself working for Tom Packs in St. Louis. He never really left as it would be his home base for the remainder
I 1910'erne, Amerikansk professionel wrestling flyttede permanent fra legitime wrestling-konkurrencer til forudaftalte udstillinger. Faninteresse, promotorkontrol og mindre slitage på bryderne spillede alt sammen en rolle i denne overgang. Et andet mindre omtalt pres var uden for selve sporten. Før det 20. århundrede, professionel boksning var ulovligt i USA. Bare kno
Paul Pons var en fransk græsk-romersk brydning Champion. Han var godt nok til at give George Hackenschmidt en køre for sine penge i flere turneringer. Men, da han kom til Chicago i 1900, han var “besejret” af en lokal wrestler. Omstændighederne i tabet lader meget tilbage at ønske. Paul Pons rejste til USA i 1900. Én
RKO Pictures bragte Dick Tracy tegneserie karakter til det store lærred på December 1, 1945. Mens filmen er absolut en “B” film betød at være først på den dobbelte regning, det ville stadig have været af interesse for de mange fans af den populære tegneserie. Chester Gould skabte striben i oktober 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock havde en relativt kort, men historie professionel wrestling karriere i slutningen af 1910'erne og begyndelsen af 1920'erne. Får sin professionelle debut i 1915 efter at have vundet tre AAU Nationale titler i amatørbrydning, Caddock kæmpede kun professionelt indtil 1922. Men, han ville blive anerkendt som verdensmester efter at have besejret Joe Stecher i april 1917. Caddock ville miste titlen tilbage