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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Földműves” 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 font. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg belebirkózott
“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. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!Frank Gotch riválisára, George Hackenschmidtra nézett, 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, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up
On December 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. Chief Two Feather belépett a
Hétfőn, December 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis megnyerte a hat nehézsúlyú birkózó-világbajnokság közül az elsőt Joe Stechertől. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher és Lewis több mint három órán át tartó mérkőzésen találkozott egymással. Lewis mentális hibát követett el
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 “Hack” St. Louis during the 1904 Világkiállításon. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 Chicagóban,
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Az út a Live in Health és erő (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
A május 9, 1905 kiadása a Szent. Louis Republic’s sport section contained a story about an upcoming match between local wrestler George Baptiste and the touring World Wrestling Champion, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, aki csak megverte Tom Jenkins a World Championship. Ha a szerkesztő tudta “Hack” állapot idején, he may have
Stanislaus Zbyszko was born Stanislaw Jan Cyganiewicz on April 1, 1879 in Jodlow, Lengyelország, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Szerint a Wikipedia, he chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. An article in the Walla Walla, Washington newspaper, The Evening Statesman’s Tuesday, Február 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) volt a világrekordot gazdaság súlyemelő és World Heavyweight birkózás bajnok előtt birkózó volt, előre meghatározott és emelők használta szteroidok. Hackenschmidt szintet értek el, a nagyság több okra vezethető vissza. Ő ért a magas szintű fizikai. Az ő fizikai állapota lehetővé tette, hogy a legsikeresebb birkózó korának. A few wrestlers may have been