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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
દાયકાના અંતે 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, જે હતી
ગુરૂવાર, જાન્યુઆરી 27, 1904, ટોમ જેનકિન્સે તેની અમેરિકન રેસલિંગ ચેમ્પિયનશિપનો બચાવ આયોવાના એક અપ-અને-કમિંગ રેસલર સામે કર્યો. After the first fall, ચાહકોને સમજાયું કે તે સી ફ્રેન્ક એલ્વિન ગોચની સૌથી અઘરી મેચ હતી, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. જેનકિન્સે ગોચને હરાવ્યો હતો
જાન્યુઆરીમાં 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.
પોલ Pons 1890 માં ફ્રાન્સના ગ્રીક રોમન રેસલિંગ ચેમ્પિયન હતી. તેમણે માં રશિયામાં એક ટુર્નામેન્ટ જીતીને પહેલા Folies-Bergeres ખાતે ટુર્નામેન્ટ જીત્યો 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons કુસ્તીબાજો અને મજબૂત પુરુષો તાલીમ આપવા માટે એક જિમ ખોલીને દ્વારા આ અપકીર્તિ પર મૂડીગત. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
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. પછી
દાયકાના અંતે 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 “ખેડૂત” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. તેમ છતાં, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. લૂઈસ, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. દ્વારા 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
શનિવાર પર, નવેમ્બર 25, 1899, સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 મિનિટ. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. લૂઈસ’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. વસેમ કબજે કર્યો હતો
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
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” લેવિસ, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. આ