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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 liri. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg ġġieled fih
“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 ħares lejn ir-rivali tiegħu 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
Fuq Diċembru 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. Kap Żewġ Rix daħlu fil-
Nhar it-Tnejn, Diċembru 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis rebaħ l-ewwel minn sitt Kampjonati Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight mingħand 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 u Lewis iltaqgħu f’partita li damet aktar minn tliet sigħat. Lewis għamel żball mentali fil
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” f'St. Louis during the 1904 Fair Dinja. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 f'Chicago,
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Il-Mixja biex Live Saħħa u Qawwa (link affiljat) 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
L Mejju 9, 1905 edizzjoni tal-St. 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, li biss taħbit Tom Jenkins għall-Kampjonat Dinji. Jekk l-editur kien jaf “Hack tal” kondizzjoni fil-ħin, he may have
Stanislaus Zbyszko was born Stanislaw Jan Cyganiewicz on April 1, 1879 in Jodlow, Polonja, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Skond il-Wikipedija, 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, Frar 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) kien rekord azjenda dinja weightlifter u Champion Wrestling Dinji Heavyweight qabel wrestling kien prestabbiliti u lifters kienu jużaw sterojdi. Hackenschmidt jinkiseb livell ta 'greatness minħabba diversi fatturi. Huwa jinkiseb livell għoli ta 'saħħa fiżika. Kondizzjoni fiżika tiegħu ppermettietlu li l-wrestler aktar suċċess ta 'era tiegħu. A few wrestlers may have been