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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Agricoltore” 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 sterline. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg entrò lottando
“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 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, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up
Dicembre 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. Il Capo Due Piume entrò nel
Lunedi ', Dicembre 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis ha vinto il primo dei sei campionati mondiali di wrestling dei pesi massimi battendo Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Un anno prima di questa partita, Stecher e Lewis si sono incontrati in una partita durata più di tre ore. Lewis ha commesso un errore mentale
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 Fiera del Mondo. 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, Il modo di vivere in salute e forza (link di affiliazione) 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 anni fino a perdere il suo
The May 9, 1905 edizione del St. La sezione sportiva di Louis Repubblica conteneva una storia di un prossimo match tra wrestler locale George Baptiste e il Campione del Mondo Wrestling touring, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, che ha appena battuto Tom Jenkins per il Campionato del Mondo. Se l'editore sapeva “Hack di” condizioni, al momento, he may have
Stanislao Zbyszko è nato Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz aprile 1, 1879 in Jodlow, Polonia, che faceva parte dell'impero austro-ungarico. Secondo Wikipedia, scelse il nome di anello Stanislao Zbyszko perché era il nome di un cavaliere polacco immaginario. Un articolo del Walla Walla, Quotidiano Washington, The Evening Statesman Martedì, Febbraio 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) was a world record holding weightlifter and World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion before wrestling was prearranged and lifters were using steroids. Hackenschmidt achieved a level of greatness due to several factors. He achieved a high level of physical fitness. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been