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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
In late 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 “Lauksaimnieks” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Tomēr, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Līdz 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
Sestdien, Novembris 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 protokols. 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. Vasems apsēsts
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
Starptautiskā Cīņas turnīrs notika divos posmos no maija 19, 1915 un decembrī 31, 1915. Piecdesmit cīkstoņi varētu konkurēt pirmajā posmā turnīra, tostarp Pasaules grieķu-romiešu čempionu Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Otrā daļa bija 40 cīkstoņi skaitā un tuvākajos star Ed “Strangler” Vilka ķetna, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Paul Pons bija franču grieķu-romiešu cīņa Champion. Viņš bija pietiekami labs, lai dotu George Hackenschmidt palaist savu naudu vairākos turnīros. Tomēr, kad viņš ieradās Čikāgā 1900, viņš “uzvarēta” ar vietējo cīkstonis. Zaudējumu apstākļi atstāt partiju var vēlamo. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Viens
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Lauksaimnieks” 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 mārciņas. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Bergs cīnījās
Decembrī 1, 1938 pie 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 gadiem. 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. Kamēr šis stāsts var vai var
“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!Frenks Gočs paskatījās uz savu sāncensi Džordžu Hakenšmitu, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt