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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Наприкінці 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, який був
На четвер, Січень 27, 1904, Том Дженкінс захистив свій титул чемпіона Америки з боротьби проти перспективного борця з Айови. After the first fall, вболівальники зрозуміли, що це був найважчий матч c Френка Елвіна Готча, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Дженкінс переміг Готча
У січні 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Душитель” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Павло Понс був греко-римської боротьби чемпіон Франції 1890-х років. Він виграв турнір у Фолі-Бержер-до перемоги турнір в Росії в 1898. Ці перемоги дозволили йому стати чемпіоном світу з греко-римської боротьби. Понс скористався цією популярності, відкривши тренажерний зал, щоб поїзд борців і сильних чоловіків. Pons’ Перемога була особливо видатною через
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Після
Наприкінці 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Фермер” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Однак, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Луїс, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. За 1902, Джордж
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
У суботу, Листопад 25, 1899, Вулиця. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 хвилин. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Луїс’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem володів
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Душитель” Льюїс, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The