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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
A finales 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko viajó a los Estados Unidos para desafiar Mundial Peso Pesado Wrestling Campeón Frank Gotch. Antes de conocer Gotch, Zbyszko gira por Estados Unidos y luchó muchos luchadores locales en toda la primera parte 1910. Zbyszko viajaría 37,000 millas. Al principio de su recorrido, Zbyszko reunió Frank Gotch en un handicap match. Zbyszko derrotó Gotch, quien fue
El jueves, Enero 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defendió su Campeonato Americano de Lucha Libre contra un luchador prometedor de Iowa. Después de la primera caída, los aficionados se dieron cuenta de que era el partido más duro del c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins había derrotado a Gotch.
En enero 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons fue el campeón de lucha grecorromana de Francia en la década de 1890. Él ganó un torneo en el Folies-Bergère, antes de ganar un torneo en Rusia en 1898. Estas victorias le permitieron reclamar el Campeonato Mundial de Lucha Grecorromana.. Pons aprovechó esta notoriedad mediante la apertura de un gimnasio para los luchadores de tren y de los hombres fuertes. Pons’ La victoria fue particularmente notable debido a
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
A finales 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Agricultor” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Sin embargo, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Por 1902, George
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
El sábado, Noviembre 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutes. 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 possessed
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
Se produjo el Torneo Internacional de Lucha Libre en dos fases entre mayo 19, 1915 y diciembre 31, 1915. Cincuenta luchadores competirán en la primera fase del torneo como World grecorromana Campeón Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. La segunda entrega tuvo 40 luchadores incluidos ascendentes y que vienen estrella Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. La