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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Nan fen 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko vwayaje nan Etazini yo bay defi Mondyal lour Lit Champion Frank Gotch. Anvan yo fè reyinyon Gotch, Zbyszko te fè yon toune Etazini yo ak batay anpil luteur lokal nan tout pati nan byen bonè nan 1910. Zbyszko ta vwayaje 37,000 kilomèt. Yo byen bonè nan vwayaj li, Zbyszko te rankontre Frank Gotch nan yon match andikap. Zbyszko bat Gotch, ki moun ki te
Nan Jedi, Janvye 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins te defann chanpyona lit Ameriken li kont yon wrèstè k ap vini soti nan Iowa.. Apre premye sezon otòn la, fanatik yo reyalize se te match ki pi difisil nan c Frank Alvin Gotch la, Humboldt a, Iowa ti gason fèm ki ta defèt Georg Hackenschmidt pou koup la Mondyal lour nan 1908, te Jenkins’ pwovokatè. Jenkins te bat Gotch a
Nan mwa janvye 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.
Pòl pon te Lit greko-Women Champion a nan Frans nan ane 1890 yo. Li te genyen yon konpetisyon nan foli-Bergeres a anvan genyen yon tounwa nan Larisi nan 1898. Viktwa sa yo te pèmèt li reklame chanpyona grèk-Women Mondyal la. Pon incorporés sou notoryete sa a pa louvri yon gym luteur tren ak tout vanyan sòlda. Pons’ viktwa patikilyèman remakab poutèt
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
Nan fen 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 “Kiltivatè” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Sepandan, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Pa 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
Nan samdi, Novanm 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minit. 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 posede
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” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Nan