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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 pounds. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg kjempet seg inn
“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 så bort på sin 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, bestemte seg for å ta noe av stivelsen ut av utfordrerne sine ved å matche dem
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
På mandag, Desember 13, 1920, Og “Strangler” Lewis vant det første av seks World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships fra Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Et år før denne kampen, Stecher og Lewis møttes i en kamp som varte i over tre timer. Lewis gjorde en mental feil i
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” i St. Louis during the 1904 Verdensutstillingen. 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, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (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
The May 9, 1905 utgave av St. Louis republikkens sport delen inneholdt en historie om en kommende kamp mellom lokal fotballspiller George Baptiste og touring World Wrestling Champion, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, som bare slo Tom Jenkins for VM. Hvis redaktøren visste “Hack er” condition at the time, he may have
Stanislaus Zbyszko ble født Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz April 1, 1879 i Jodlow, Polen, som var en del av Østerrike-Ungarn. Ifølge Wikipedia, han valgte ringen navnet Stanislaus Zbyszko fordi det var navnet på en fiktiv polsk ridder. En artikkel i Walla Walla, Avisen Washington, The Evening Statesman er tirsdag, February 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) var en verdensrekord holder vektløfter og World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion før bryting ble avtalt og løftere brukte steroider. Hackenschmidt oppnådd et nivå av storhet skyldes flere faktorer. Han oppnådde et høyt nivå av fysisk form. Hans fysiske tilstand tillot ham å være den mest suksessrike fotballspiller av hans tid. A few wrestlers may have been