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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Nan fen 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 “Kiltivatè” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Sepandan, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Pa 1902, George
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
Nan samdi, Novanm 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minit. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem posede
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 “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Nan
Pòl pon se te yon franse greko-Women Champion lit. Li te bon ase bay George Hackenschmidt yon kouri pou lajan li nan plizyè tounwa. Sepandan, Lè yo rive sou Chicago nan 1900, li te “bat” pa yon wrèstle lokal. Sikonstans yo nan pèt la kite yon anpil yo dwe vle. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Yon
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Kiltivatè” 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 liv. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg te lite nan
Sou Desanm 1, 1938 nan 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 ane ki gen laj. 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. While this story may or may
“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 te gade rival li George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt