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Publicacións sobre loitadores do século XX, partidos de loita libre, e películas de loita libre.
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 actas. Beell won the
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “Traballou” matches thrown in the mix. Por 1904 ou 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Porén, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
En outubro 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Championship but remained out of the spotlight until
En novembro 7, 1908, Charles Olson coñeceu “Americus” Gus Schonlein para o Campionato Mundial de Loita Peso Lixeiro. O partido resultou tan emocionante como os observadores sospeitaban que sería, pero acabou en polémica. Olson quedou 6’01” pero só pesaba 170 libras. Max Flaskamp naceu en Krefeld, Renania do Norte-Westfalia en 1879, he took the name Charles or Charley Olson
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 libras. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Porén, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, quen viaxou a América para enfrontarse a Frank Gotch despois de derrotalo
Na noite de Nadal 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko coñeceu a Giovanni Raicievich nun combate de loita libre moi esperado.. Zbyszko, que estaba facendo campaña para unha revancha co campión mundial de loita libre de peso pesado Frank Gotch, acordou botar a Raicevich 3 veces en 90 minutos ou ser declarado perdedor. Cando os homes entraron no famoso Madison Square Garden da cidade de Nova York, Zbyszko foi claramente o
E “Estrangulador” Lewis é un dos mellores loitadores profesionais e campións do mundo de todos os tempos. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, que Lewis comezou a usar como promotores e loitadores fixeron a transición da loita profesional a unha exposición prefixada ou "traballada".. Lewis utilizou orixinalmente o bloqueo frontal ou o estrangulador de guillotina. O homónimo de Lewis, Evan "Strangler" Lewis fixo o bloqueo da cara frontal ou
En realidade, 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. O torneo de Rachman debía comezar o mércores
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Empezou a loitar cando o xogo aínda estaba pro dunha competencia efectiva. El continuou a ser exitosa despois do partido cambiou a traballadas (prearranged) fósforo. Centrais, participou nun concurso de rodaxe, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 cruzando os seus promotores.