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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
وكان بول بونز في المصارعة اليونانية الرومانية الفرنسية بطل. وقال انه كان جيدا بما فيه الكفاية لإعطاء جورج Hackenschmidt لخوض انتخابات أمواله في عدة بطولات. لكن, عندما جاء إلى شيكاغو في 1900, كان “مهزوم” بواسطة مصارع المحلية. ملابسات فقدان يترك الكثير مما هو مرغوب فيه. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. واحد
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “مزارع” 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 جنيه. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. تصارع بيرج في
ديسمبر 1, 1938 في 5:15 PM, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 سنوات من العمر. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. في حين أن هذه القصة قد تكون أو قد تكون
“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!نظر فرانك جوتش إلى منافسه جورج هاكنشميدت, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
During February 1901, الحادي و. Louis professional wrestler and local businessman George Baptiste reluctantly filed for divorce from his wife, Nellie May Baptiste, alleging desertion. It was actually the second time, Baptiste filed for divorce from Mrs. Baptiste. During the summer of 1896, Baptiste was vacationing in Millford, كونيتيكت. The 31-year-old was a powerful swimmer and all-around athlete in addition to
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, قرر أن يأخذ بعض النشا من منافسيه عن طريق مطابقتهم
ديسمبر 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. دخل الرئيس اثنان من الريش
يوم الاثنين, ديسمبر 13, 1920, و “خانق” فاز لويس بأول بطولة من أصل ست بطولات العالم للمصارعة للوزن الثقيل من جو ستيشر. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, التقى ستيشر ولويس في مباراة استمرت أكثر من ثلاث ساعات. ارتكب لويس خطأ عقليا
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. لويس’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. آب 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.