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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
Rau hnub Saturday, Kaum ib hlis 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling kiv cua tej tus poob siab, Thaum ib tus wrestler mus xyuas yooj yim txawb hauv zos tau zus ib Oscar Wasem rau ib tug me dhau 20 feeb. Tom qab yeej yooj yim, kiv cua tsw ib nas, thaum lub “Indianapolis Cyclone” rau nrog ib tus neeg luag Iwm haiv neeg Lancashire. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste li cov me nyuam. Louis’ wrestling tau tau zus ib ntawm cov mus-1890s. Wasem possessed
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 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, nws
Thaum Frank Gotch txijnkawm li ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion tom qab beating Georg Lurich hauv nws match kawg, promoters scrambled mus nrhiav ib successor. Samuel Rachmann sim muab tso rau forth nws tus kheej tau zus ib los hosting tus 1915 Tseev tsim ntiaj teb Wrestling kev sib tw nyob New York City. Rachmann xav nws sib tw Aberg los yeej cov kev sib tw thiab yuav tsum paub los ntawm pej xeem raws li cov
Tus International Wrestling kev sib tw tshwm sim nyob rau hauv ob theem ntawm ntuj 19, 1915 thiab hlis ntuj nqeg 31, 1915. TSIBCAUG wrestlers yuav lwv hauv tus thawj theem ntawm cov kev sib tw xws li ntiaj teb Greco-Roman tau zus ib Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Qhov thib ob phuv muaj 40 wrestlers nrog rau cov tuaj thiab cov hnub qub tom ntej Ed “Strangler” Lewis, uas koom ib lub hlis rau cov kev sib tw rau lub kaum ib hlis 22, 1915. Tus
willard “Nqi qus” Longson yug hauv lub pas dej ntsev lub zos, Utah, nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 8, 1906 Tab sis siv feem ntau ntawm nws lub neej laus hauv St. Louis, Missouri. Tom qab pib nws cov hauj lwm raws li ib tug wrestler wrestler hauv 1931, Longson nrhiav tau nws tus kheej ua hauj lwm rau Tom Packs hauv St. Louis. Nws yeej tsis tshuav li nws yuav nws lub tsev puag rau cov seem
In the 1910s, American professional wrestling permanently moved from legitimate wrestling contests to prearranged exhibitions. Fan interest, promoter control and less wear and tear on the wrestlers all played a role in this transition. Another less talked about pressure was outside of the sport itself. Prior to the 20th Century, professional boxing was illegal in the United States. Bare knuckle
Paul Pons yog ib tug Fabkis Greco-Roman Wrestling tau zus ib. Nws zoo txaus muab George Hackenschmidt ib tug mus dhia rau nws cov nyiaj nyob rau ob peb tournaments. Txawm li cas los, Thaum twg nws tuaj rau Chicago rau 1900, Nws yog “tua yeej” yog ib qhov chaw wrestler. Cov muaj tej yam uas tsis tau tawm rau muab qhov kev kawm ntau. Paul Pons mus rau lub tebchaws hauv 1900. One
RKO duab coj tuaj rau Dick Tracy comic sawb cim rau qhov loj screen rau hlis ntuj nqeg 1, 1945. Hos cov naam mas nws yeej yog ib tug “B” zaj duab xis mus ua ntej ntawm qhov nqi ob chav meant, Nws tseem yuav tau cov paj laum rau cov kiv cua nrov comic sawb. Chester Gould tsim lub sawb lub kaum hli ntuj 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 only wrestled professionally until 1922. Txawm li cas los, he would be recognized as world champion after defeating Joe Stecher in April 1917. Caddock would lose the title back