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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Frank Gotch dominated American wrestling from 1905 to his retirement in 1913. Gotch, aktyèl chanpyon lit Ameriken Heavyweight, won the biggest match of his career on April 3, 1908. Gotch defeated current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt in Chicago, Illinois. Gotch proved as dominant a World Champion as he had been as the American Champion. Gotch agreed to
Nan Jedi, Avril 29, 1909, Frank Gotch traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to wrestle highly regarded light heavyweight wrestler Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt won the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under his real name, John Berg. Although fans thought well of Berg, they did not see him as a threat to defeat Frank Gotch in a straight match. To increase fan interest
Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. After 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Soti nan 1900 to 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches
(Pòs sa a se yon ekstrè nan nouvo liv mwen an, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Quest la pou Bondye vin delivre, pibliye nan mwa fevriye 2, 2022.) Evènman ki pi enpòtan ki afekte avni karyè Frank Gotch te fèt nan mwa janvye 11, 1911. Gotch te marye ak ansyen Gladys Oestrich lakay paran li nan Humboldt, Iowa. Mrs. Gotch prefere ke Frank pran retrèt nan bag la ki
Nan mwa janvye 2, 1911, Lutteur Swis John Lemm te jwenn tèt li nan rizib fanatik lit pwofesyonèl ak repòtè yo. Ensidan an te fèt lè Lemm te lite Stanislaus Zbyszko nan Buffalo, New York. Fanatik yo konsidere Zbyszko pi gwo konkiran pou tit mondyal Frank Gotch la. Zbyszko se te yon wrèstle klas mondyal byenke plis konpetan nan lit grèko-women pase lit trape.. Lemm te yon konpetan
Pandan kòmansman ane 1920 yo, Tex Rickard te deklare lagè sou ansyen patnè li nan boksè, Jack Curley. Curley te ankouraje lit pwofesyonèl nan vil Nouyòk. Li te òganize tou pwomotè nan gwo vil tankou Boston ak St. Louis nan yon konfyans lit. Trust la te kontwole chanpyona Mondyal Lut Pwa lou. Konfyans lan te jele nenpòt wrèstle, ki te refize ale ansanm
Pòs semèn sa a se yon kalite konfesyon. Pou ane, Mwen te ekri ke Frank Gotch te sèl wrèstle ki te defèt Stanislaus Zbyszko pandan premye vwayaj li nan Amerik la ant 1909 ak 1914. Mwen fèk li Lit nan jaden an, Volim 1: 1875 to 1939; Batay la pou New York - Travay, Tire ak kwaze doub (lyen afilye) pa
Joe Stecher kap kaptire chanpyona mondyal lit nan men Earl Caddock se pi ansyen fim nan lit pwofesyonèl ki egziste.. Trajik, Pi ansyen fim lit ki egziste, men yo pouri nan zòn depo yo. Operatè kamera yo te filme Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs. Pi ansyen fim lit ki egziste, Pi ansyen fim lit ki egziste. Stanislaus Zbyszko, ak match reyinifikasyon an
Youn nan istwa lejand sou Joe Stecher konsène yon konkou lejitim li te genyen ak youn nan Martin “Kiltivatè” Burns luteur, lè Stecher te apèn soti nan lekòl segondè. Burns te tande pale de repitasyon Stecher k ap grandi e li te deside teste l ak youn nan luteur li yo.. Pou ane, Mwen te panse Stecher te bat Yusif Mahmout men li aktyèlman lite Yussif Hussane. Nan
In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Stecher and Lewis would emerge as the two best legitimate professional wrestler of the 1910s. Either man could beat every other wrestler at the time in a legitimate contest or “shoot”. The men wrestled three long, boring contests