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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
O sábado, Novembro 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 actas. 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 posuído
En agosto 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, seu
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
O Torneo Internacional de Wrestling ocorreu en dúas fases, entre maio 19, 1915 e decembro 31, 1915. Cincuenta wrestlers ía competir na primeira fase do torneo, incluíndo o Campión do Mundo greco-romana Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. A segunda parte tivo 40 loitadores, incluíndo para arriba e próximos estrela Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. O
Willard “Wild Bill” Longson naceu en Salt Lake City, Utah, en xuño 8, 1906 pero pasou a maior parte da súa vida adulta en St. Louis, Missouri. Despois de comezar a súa carreira como loitador profesional en 1931, Longson atopouse traballando para Tom Packs en St. Louis. Nunca marchou realmente, xa que sería a súa base para o resto
Nos anos 1910, A loita libre profesional americana pasou permanentemente dos concursos de loita lexítimo a exhibicións previamente organizadas. Interese dos fans, o control do promotor e o menor desgaste dos loitadores xogaron un papel nesta transición. Outra presión menos falada foi fóra do propio deporte. Antes do Século XX, o boxeo profesional era ilegal nos Estados Unidos. Nudillo nu
Paul Pons was a French Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. He was good enough to give George Hackenschmidt a run for his money in several tournaments. Porén, when he came to Chicago in 1900, he was “defeated” by a local wrestler. The circumstances of the loss leave a lot to be desired. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Un
RKO Pictures trouxo o personaxe de cómics Dick Tracy á pantalla grande en decembro 1, 1945. Mentres a película é, en definitiva, un “B” filme feito para ser o primeiro en tocar dúas veces, inda sería de interese para os moitos fans do cómic populares. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock tivo unha carreira de loita libre profesional relativamente curta pero con historia a finais da década de 1910 e principios da década de 1920.. Fai o seu debut profesional en 1915 despois de gañar tres títulos nacionais da AAU en loita afeccionada, Caddock só loitou profesionalmente ata 1922. Porén, sería recoñecido como campión do mundo tras derrotar a Joe Stecher en abril 1917. Caddock perdería o título