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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Champion tad-Dinja tal-Lotta Heavyweight Ed “Strangler” Lewis ġġieled mijiet ta’ logħbiet leġittimi ta’ lotta ma’ Joseph “Toots” Mondt matul is-snin. Waqt konversazzjonijiet mal-protejat żagħżugħ tiegħu, Lou Thesz, Lewis qal li fil-karriera twila tiegħu kellu biss jinkwieta li jitlef kontra żewġ wrestlers. Mondt u Stanislaus Zbyszko biss kellhom iċ-ċans li jegħlbuh f'kompetizzjoni leġittima. Wieħed
On Sunday, Diċembru 14, 1924, “Big” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt fl-avveniment ewlieni tal-karta tal-lotta fil-Kansas City, Missouri, Sala tal-Konvenzjoni. 10,000 il-partitarji dehru jferrħu lil Munn, eks plejer tal-futbol tal-kulleġġ għall-Università ta’ Nebraska. Munn ġie fatturat għal 6’06”, li setgħet kienet esaġerazzjoni imma kien b’mod sinifikanti
Dwar April 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, f'Chicago, Illinois for his title. Il-partitarji qiesu lil Mahmout bħala sfidant iebes primarjament għax ma kinux raw lilu jissieltu. Emil Klank, Il-maniġer ta’ Gotch, kkonvinċa lottaturi barranin b'reputazzjoni tajba bħal Mahmout u Stanislaus Zbyszko biex jivvjaġġaw lejn l-Amerika biex jisfidaw lil Gotch. Fannijiet
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg għamel aħbarijiet fi 1917 waqt kawża dwar ir-rifjut tiegħu li jwettaq impenn ta’ lotta f’Boston matul Marzu 1917. Aberg qabel li jiġġieled Wladek Zbyszko, avversarju prinċipali tiegħu matul il- 1915 Tournaments Internazzjonali tal-Lotta ta’ New York, għall-promotur ta’ Boston George Touhey. Madankollu, Aberg ħareġ mill-ġlieda ftit wara li ffirma ftehim biex jiġġieled tiegħu
Wara li żżewweġ lil martu Gladys u għeleb it-tieni darba lil Georg Hackenschmidt, it-tnejn fil 1911, Iċ-Champion Dinji tal-Lotta tal-Piż Tqil Frank Gotch beda jissieltu skeda aktar limitata. Martu Gladys ma kinitx dilettanta kbira tal-lotta u riedet li r-raġel il-ġdid tagħha jqatta’ aktar ħin id-dar f’Humboldt, Iowa. Fid-dinja tal-lotta dak iż-żmien,
Fuq Mejju 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American
Leading into his January 24, 1921 title match with former world champion Earl Caddock, Champion tad-Dinja tal-Lotta Heavyweight Ed “Strangler” Lewis was reputed to have injured his previous two opponents, Wladek Zbyszko and Joe Stecher, with his headlock. Lewis would use the headlock to hip toss his opponent to the floor. Zbyszko was knocked senseless, when his head hit the
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 liri, “Farmer” Burns stood 5’11” to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Burns debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, one
Ed “Strangler” Lewis enjoyed one of the most successful careers in professional wrestling. Although Lewis wrestled in mostly staged exhibitions, he possessed legitimate wrestling skills. Future protege Lou Thesz said many times Lewis could beat any wrestler at any time, għalhekk kien iċ-champion tad-dinja ideali fl-era moderna tal-partiti rranġati minn qabel. Madankollu, early in his career, Lewis
Fl-aħħar ta’ Diċembru 1916, ġrat avveniment stramb. John F. Olin, wrestler lokali ta’ Massachusetts, rebaħ partita maċ-Champion tad-Dinja attwali Joe Stecher. Ir-referee ddikjara lil Olin rebbieħ wara li Stecher telaq mill-partita. Qabel l-Alleanza Nazzjonali tal-Lotta (NWA) għamel bidliet fir-regoli fis-snin ħamsin, kampjonati bidlu l-idejn permezz ta’ skwalifika jew