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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Пред борењето во Кентаки во раните 1910-ти, Љубителите на борењето го познаваа Ед „Давил“ Луис како Боб Фредрихс. Роден Роберт Фридрих во Некооса, Wisconsin, Луис го направи своето професионално борење деби во 1905, додека сеуште само 14 години. Промотерите на Кентаки мислеа дека Боб Фредрихс е премногу едноставен, така што Луис го избра своето ново име како почит на неговиот колега од Висконсин и оригинален
Октомври 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. Во 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this
Од мај 7, 1901, Том Џенкинс се бореше со џинот Нурала Хасан во Њујорк. Роден во Бугарија во текот на 1870, Хасан стоеше шест стапки, осум инчи висок и тежок 331 фунти. Додека Џенкинс поседуваше супериорна вештина во борење, Обожавателите и новинарите очекуваа огромната големина на Хасан да предизвика проблеми за Џенкинс. Промоторите ги резервираа мажите да се борат во Медисон Сквер Гарден
Во август 4, 1939, Mort Henderson passed away in Rochester, New York at 60 години. Wrestling fans likely did not remember the name Mort Henderson but as his alter ego, the original Masked Marvel, he saved the fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament with the goal of
Taro Miyake originally came to prominence as a jiu jitsu expert fighting legitimate mixed styles contests with professional boxers and wrestlers. Miyake used the legitimate contests, most of which he won, to generate interest in jiu jitsu. Like many judo and jiu jitsu instructors, Miyake discovered how hard it was to make a sustainable income from martial arts instruction. Taro
Џорџ Трагос стекна слава како тренер на Лу Тез, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, на 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only
At the end of 1932, 22-year-old Vila Milli sued her husband, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. Сепак, he did not dismiss the
Frank Gotch dominated American wrestling from 1905 to his retirement in 1913. Gotch, the current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, 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
On Thursday, Април 29, 1909, Френк Готч отпатува за Мемфис, Тенеси ќе се бори со високо ценетиот борач во полутешка категорија Чарлс Хакеншмит. Hackenschmidt won the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under his real name, John Berg. Иако фановите му мислеа добро на Берг, тие не го гледаа како закана да го поразат Френк Готч во директен натпревар. 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. Од 1900 да се 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches