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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Agriculteur” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 livres. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg a lutté
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. De nouveau, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!” Frank Gotch looked over at his rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, a décidé de retirer un peu d'amidon de ses challengers en les faisant correspondre
Sur Décembre 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Le chef Deux Plumes entra dans le
Lundi, Décembre 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis won the first of six World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships from Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Un an avant ce match, Stecher and Lewis met in a match lasting over three hours. Lewis made a mental error in
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Entaille” à St. Louis during the 1904 Exposition universelle. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (affiliate link) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 years until losing his
Le mai 9, 1905 édition de la St. La section sportive de Louis République contenait l'histoire d'un match à venir entre lutteur locale George Baptiste et le champion de la World Wrestling de tourisme, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, qui vient de battre Tom Jenkins pour le Championnat du Monde. Si l'éditeur savait “Hack de” condition at the time, he may have
Stanislaus Zbyszko est né Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz sur Avril 1, 1879 dans Jodlow, Pologne, qui faisait partie de l'Empire austro-hongrois. Selon Wikipedia, il a choisi le nom de ring Stanislaus Zbyszko parce que c'était le nom d'un chevalier de fiction polonais. Un article dans le Walla Walla, Journal Washington, Mardi de l'Soirée Statesman, Février 8, 1910 édition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) était un dossier tenant haltérophile du monde et champion de la World Wrestling Heavyweight avant la lutte a été prédisposé et les poussoirs utilisaient des stéroïdes. Hackenschmidt atteint un niveau de grandeur en raison de plusieurs facteurs. Il a atteint un haut niveau de conditionnement physique. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been