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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Para mundjes në Kentaki në fillim të viteve 1910, Tifozët e mundjes e njihnin Ed "Strangler" Lewis si Bob Fredrichs. Lindur Robert Friedrich në Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis bëri debutimin e tij profesional në mundje 1905, ndërsa ende vetëm 14 vjeç. Promovuesit e Kentakit mendonin se Bob Fredrichs ishte shumë i thjeshtë, kështu që Lewis zgjodhi emrin e tij të ri si një homazh për shokun e tij vendas dhe origjinal të Wisconsin
Në tetor 25, 1915, Alexander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. Në 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
Në maj 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins luftoi me gjigantin Nouralah Hassan në qytetin e Nju Jorkut. Lindur në Bullgari gjatë 1870, Hasani qëndroi gjashtë këmbë, tetë inç i gjatë dhe i peshuar 331 £. Ndërsa Jenkins zotëronte aftësi superiore në mundje, Tifozët dhe reporterët prisnin që madhësia e madhe e Hassan të paraqiste probleme për Jenkins. Promovuesit rezervuan burrat për të luftuar në Madison Square Garden
Më gusht 4, 1939, Mort Henderson ndërroi jetë në Rochester, Nju Jork në 60 vjeç. Adhuruesit e mundjes me siguri nuk e mbanin mend emrin Mort Henderson, por si alter egon e tij, origjinali Masked Marvel, ai ruajti versionin e vjeshtës të 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promovoi turneun me golin e
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
George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, një 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. Megjithatë, he did not dismiss the
Frank Gotch dominoi mundjen amerikane nga 1905 deri në pensionimin e tij në 1913. Gotch, kampioni aktual amerikan i mundjes në peshën e rëndë, fitoi ndeshjen më të madhe të karrierës së tij në prill 3, 1908. Gotch mundi kampionin aktual botëror të mundjes së peshave të rënda Georg Hackenschmidt në Çikago., Illinois. Gotch u dëshmua një kampion bote po aq dominues sa kishte qenë si kampioni amerikan. Gotch agreed to
Të enjten, Prill 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. Pas 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Nga 1900 në 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches