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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Pada hari Khamis, November 22, 1923, St. Penganjur Louis John Contos menjadi tuan rumah kad kontroversi yang diungguli oleh perlawanan antara Joe Stecher dan Dan Kolov, ahli gusti Bulgaria yang sedang berkembang pesat. Kad itu dilindungi oleh John E. Wray, Editor Sukan untuk St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Kad itu menjadi kontroversi kerana dua bintang terbesar dalam gusti telah diiklankan tetapi tidak
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Pada malam Khamis, November 25, 1909, Gusti Juara Dunia Frank Gotch bertemu Gusti Poland Juara Stanislaus Zbyszko untuk perlawanan handicap di Buffalo, New York. Gotch bersetuju untuk membatalkan pertarungan itu jika dia tidak boleh membuang Zbyszko dua kali dalam masa satu jam. Saiz dan kekuatan Zbyszko ini menimbulkan masalah kepada Gotch, yang ditimbang 190 pound untuk ini Zbyszko 260 pound. Walau bagaimanapun, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
Dalam catatan blog bulan lalu, Saya menulis mengenai kesukaran penganjur dalam mengadakan pertandingan Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard. Asalnya dijadualkan untuk Omaha, Nebraska, Ketua Polis Negara dan Pesuruhjaya Polis Omaha prihatin mengenai pertandingan yang telah diatur atau a “work”. Mereka tidak mahu penjudi dibawa masuk dalam pameran tersebut. Untuk mengelakkan kejadian ini berlaku, mereka
Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” dalam 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
On January 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko adalah seorang yang mahir
Ketua Polis Omaha H.W. Dunn membuat tajuk utama pada bulan Mac 28, 1915, ketika dia mengeluarkan perintah melarang pertandingan gusti profesional yang diiklankan antara Joe Stecher dan Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 perlawanan dijadualkan untuk Auditorium Omaha. Ketua itu sebenarnya mengeluarkan perintah itu atas perintah Penguasa Polis A.C. Peluru. Kugel mengeluarkan kenyataan kepada
Pada Disember 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis mengalahkan Joe Stecher untuk Kejohanan Gusti Kelas Berat Dunianya. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Walau bagaimanapun, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud
On January 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, beberapa ahli gusti Amerika pernah mengaku sebagai Nogert sebelum ini