Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Farmer” 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 £. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg glímdi við
“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 leit yfir á keppinaut sinn 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, ákvað að taka eitthvað af sterkjunni úr áskorendum sínum með því að passa þá upp
Á Desember 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 Feathers entered the
Á mánudaginn, Desember 13, 1920, Og “Strangler” Lewis vann fyrsta heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt af sex af Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher og Lewis mættust í leik sem stóð yfir í þrjár klukkustundir. Lewis gerði andlega mistök í
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 “Hakk” í St. Louis during the 1904 Fair heims. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 í Chicago,
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Við eigum að lifa í heilsu og styrk (tengja hlekkur) 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
Í maí 9, 1905 útgáfa af St. Íþrótt kafla LOUIS lýðveldisins innihélt sögu um komandi leik milli sveitarfélaga wrestler George Baptiste og túra fugla glímukappi, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, sem bara berja Tom Jenkins fyrir World Championship. Ef ritstjóri vissi “Hakk'S” condition at the time, he may have
Stanislaus Zbyszko fæddist Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz apríl 1, 1879 í Jodlow, Poland, sem var hluti af Austurríki-Ungverjalands Empire. Samkvæmt Wikipedia, hann valdi hringinn nafnið Stanislaus Zbyszko því það var nafn skálduð pólska riddari. Grein í Walla Walla, Washington dagblað, Þriðjudagur kvöld stjórnmálamaður er, Febrúar 8, 1910 útgáfa, publicized Zbyszko’s university and
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) var heimsmet halda weightlifter og World Heavyweight glímukappi áður glíma var prearranged og lifters voru á sterum. Hackenschmidt náð stigi mikilleika vegna nokkurra þátta. Hann náð háu stigi líkamsrækt. Líkamlegt ástand hans leyfa honum að vera farsælasta wrestler á tímum hans. A few wrestlers may have been