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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 from hated rival
Nan Madi, Desanm 12, 1916, local favorite, John “Tigerman nan Nebraska” Pesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “Dutch” Mantell, in a worked match. Pesek recently trained with fellow Nebraska wrestler and recognized World Champion Joe Stecher prior to this match. Pesek developed a notorious reputation for shooting with other wrestlers. Sepandan, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, lè
Oscar Wasem te kòmanse karyè li nan St. Louis, Missouri anba titèl George Baptiste. Wasem te yon luteur ase bon ke Wasem te bat yon jèn Frank Gotch nan 1901. Wasem, St a. Louis chanpyon, estime Gotch, chanpyon nan Iowa. Pandan ke Gotch te kontinye vin pi gwo wrèstle pwofesyonèl lejitim Amerik la, Wasem te rete yon vwayajè solid. Wasem konplete pwofesyonèl li
Mwen fèk dekouvri yon clip twa minit sou YouTube, ki enkli de nan Jim Londos’ alimèt soti nan ane 1930 yo. Nan premye match la, Londos lite Abe Coleman. Nan dezyèm match la, Londos lite yon match estil melanje ak Oki Shikina, ki te fòme pa Taro Miyake, senti nwa judo a ak wrèstle pwofesyonèl. Londos te pi gwo zetwal nan bwat
Sou Desanm 17, 1923, Jim Browning te lite yon match ra nan vil li a nan Verona, Missouri. Katsan (400) fanatik ki soti nan zòn ki antoure a te rasanble nan lokal la pou yo gade match ant Browning ak Clarence Jenkins., yon wrèstle soti nan Emporia, Kansas. Tou de Browning ak Jenkins lite pi fò nan alimèt yo nan Kansas pandan 1923. Browning te kòmanse yon karyè sa
Sou Novanm 18, 1938, ansyen chanpyon mondyal lit Jim Londos lite aktyèl chanpyon mondyal Bronko Nagurski, gwo ansyen jwè foutbòl pou Chicago Bears. Mesye yo te lite nan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pou vèsyon Nagurski a nan chanpyona mondyal la lit. Ou ka wè match 14 minit la an antye sou YouTube. Lè mwen wè match la pou premye fwa, several
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek wrestled two of the most famous legitimate contests of the 1920s. Pesek ended two promotional wars by agreeing to “shoot” contests with Marin Plestina and Nat Pendelton. Nan 1916, Pesek was an up-and-coming wrestler active in his home state of Nebraska. Nan Jedi, September 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled another Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Fans and
Sou Avril 13, 1936, Ed "Strangler" Lewis te lite final konkou lejitim li ak Lee Wykoff nan Hippodrome nan vil Nouyòk.. Pwomotè yon lòt fwa ankò te rele Lewis pou rezoud yon konfli pwomosyon. Gwoup opoze a te chwazi Lee Wykoff, yon tirè 36-zan ki soti Kansas. Wykoff te kanpe sis pye, yon pous wotè ak peze desan dizwit liv. Lewis la 44-zan
Mwen wont di mwen fèk dekouvri karyè Cora Livingston, pandan y ap fè rechèch sou devlopman sistèm pwomotè lokal la nan lit pwofesyonèl pandan ane 1910 yo ak ane 1920 yo.. Mildred Burke te premye chanpyon lit gwo fanm nan ke mwen te okouran. Sepandan, Cora Livingston te reklame chanpyona mondyal la yon ane anvan Burke te menm fèt. Cora Livingston
Nan Lendi, Desanm 6, 1932, 41-Ed "Strangler" Lewis te lite youn nan dènye konkou lejitim li yo pou rezoud yon diskisyon pwomosyon nan New York.. Apre okòmansman yo te alye nan pwomosyon, Jim Londos te separe ak gwoup Jack Curley nan New York. Pou retabli lapè, pati yo deside sou yon konkou lejitim oswa "tire" rezoud dispit la. Joseph "Toots" Mondt