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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” Åberg. 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
Nhar is-Sibt, Novembru 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minuti. 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 fil-pussess
Fuq Awissu 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, tiegħu
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
Il-Tournament Wrestling Internazzjonali seħħet f'żewġ fażijiet, bejn Mejju 19, 1915 u Diċembru 31, 1915. Ħamsin wrestlers tikkompetix fl-ewwel fażi tal-kampjonat inkluż World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. T-tieni pagament kellhom 40 wrestlers inklużi up u ġejjin star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Il-
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
Fl-1910s, Il-lotta professjonali Amerikana mċaqalqa b'mod permanenti minn kompetizzjonijiet ta' lotta leġittimi għal wirjiet rranġati minn qabel. Interess tal-partitarji, kontroll tal-promotur u inqas xedd u kedd fuq il-wrestlers kollha kellhom rwol f'din it-tranżizzjoni. Oħra li tkellem anqas dwar pressjoni kienet barra mill-isport innifsu. Qabel is-Seklu 20, il-boxing professjonali kien illegali fl-Istati Uniti. Knuckle vojta
Paul Pons kien Wrestling Greco-Roman Franċiż Champion. Huwa kien tajjeb biżżejjed biex jagħti George Hackenschmidt run għall-flus tiegħu f'diversi tournaments. Madankollu, meta huwa wasal għall Chicago fl 1900, kien “defeated” minn wrestler lokali. Iċ-ċirkostanzi tat-telf tħalli ħafna li jkun mixtieq. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Wieħed
RKO Pictures ressqet il Dick Tracy komiks għall-big screen fuq Diċembru 1, 1945. Filwaqt li l-film huwa definittivament “B” film maħsub li jkun l-ewwel fuq il-kont doppju, xorta kien ikun 'interess għall-ħafna fannijiet tal-comic popolari. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock lilha biss professjonalment sakemm 1922. Madankollu, kien ikun rikonoxxut bħala champion tad-dinja wara li f’April għeleb lil Joe Stecher 1917. Caddock jitlef it-titlu lura