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Posts li 20th xyoo pua wrestlers, wrestling qhov yuam kev, thiab wrestling films.
Polish wrestler thiab strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko xub tuaj txog hauv tebchaws 1909 rau cov kev sib tw rau kev txhaj tshuaj rau ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch. Nws tau txais thiab ploj ntais ntawv nyob rau hauv ib contest tseeb thaum 1910. Zbyszko tseem wrestling ob peb xyoos ntau thiab ua tau yeej lub qab ntuj Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship hauv 1914 ntawm hated rival
Tuesday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 12, 1916, local favorite, John “Tus Nebraska Tsovman” 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. Txawm li cas los, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, Thauj tw
Oscar Wasem pib nws cov hauj lwm nyob rau hauv St. Louis, Missouri under the tutelage of George Baptiste. Wasem was a good enough wrestler that Wasem defeated a young Frank Gotch in 1901. Wasem, cov me nyuam. Louis Champion, pinned Gotch, Iowa Champion. Thaum Gotch mus ua America tus loj tshaj tseeb kev wrestler, Wasem tseem nyob ib solid journeyman. Wasem supplemented his professional
I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londos’ matches from the 1930s. In the first match, Londos wrestles Abe Coleman. In the second match, Londos wrestles a mixed styles match with Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, the Judo black belt and professional wrestler. Londos was the biggest box office star
Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, Missouri. Four hundred fans from the surrounding area crowded into the venue to watch the match between Browning and Clarence Jenkins, a wrestler from Emporia, Kansas. Both Browning and Jenkins wrestled most of their matches in Kansas during 1923. Browning was starting a career that
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 18, 1938, Qub ntiaj teb wrestling tau zus ib Jim Londos wrestled tam sim no tau zus ib Bronko Nagurski, Tus poj qub football neeg uas ua ntawv rau lub Chicago Bears. Cov txiv neej wrestled hauv Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rau Nagurski version ntawm lub ntiaj teb wrestling championship. Koj yuav saib tau lub 14-feeb match hauv nws cov entirety rau YouTube. Thaum kuv saib ntais ntawv thawj zaug, ntau
John "Tus Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek wrestled ob tug ntawm cov nto moo tshaj plaws contests ntawm lub 1920s. Pesek twb ob promotional wars los pom zoo "tua" contests nrog Marin Plestina thiab Nat Pendelton. Nyob rau hauv 1916, Pesek yog ib up-and-coming wrestler yam nyob rau hauv nws lub xeev ntawm Nebraska. Txog hnub plaub, Cuaj hlis 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled lwm Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Kiv cua thiab kiv cua
Nyob rau hnub tim 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff at the Hippodrome in New York City. Promoters once again called on Lewis to settle a promotional conflict. The opposing group selected Lee Wykoff, a 36-year-old shooter from Kansas. Wykoff stood six feet, one inches tall and weighed two hundred eighteen pounds. The 44-year-old Lewis
Kuv txaj muag hais tias kuv nyuam qhuav sab cov hauj lwm ntawm Cora Livingston, Thaum researching txoj kev loj hlob ntawm lub zos promotor lawv nyob rau hauv kev wrestling thaum lub 1910s thiab 1920s. Mildred Burke yog tus thawj loj poj niam wrestling tau zus ib uas kuv twb paub. Txawm li cas los, Cora Livingston tau thov lub ntiaj teb Championship ib xyoo ua ntej Burke twb yug. Cora Livingston
Hnub Monday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. After initially being allies in promotion, Jim Londos broke away from Jack Curley’s group in New York. To restore peace, the parties decided on a legitimate contest or “shoot” to settle the dispute. Joseph "Toots" Mondt