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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Došlo International Wrestling turnaj ve dvou fázích v období od května 19, 1915 a prosinec 31, 1915. Padesát zápasníci by se soutěžit v první fázi turnaje, včetně Světové řecko-římského Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Druhá splátka měla 40 zápasníci, včetně nahoru a nadcházející hvězdu Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Paul Pons was a French Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. He was good enough to give George Hackenschmidt a run for his money in several tournaments. Však, when he came to Chicago in 1900, he was “defeated” by a local wrestler. The circumstances of the loss leave a lot to be desired. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. One
Earl Caddock měl na konci 10. a na začátku 20. let relativně krátkou, ale slavnou profesionální zápasovou kariéru.. Svůj profesionální debut si odbyl v 1915 poté, co vyhrál tři národní tituly AAU v amatérském zápase, Caddock profesionálně zápasil až do 1922. Však, byl by uznán jako mistr světa poté, co v dubnu porazil Joea Stechera 1917. Caddock by ztratil titul zpět
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Zemědělec” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 liber. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg zápasil dovnitř
Prosince 1, 1938 na 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 let. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. I když tento příběh může nebo může
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!Frank Gotch se podíval na svého rivala George Hackenschmidta, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
Na začátku roku 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “Hrozný Turek” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, rozhodl se vzít trochu škrobu svým vyzyvatelům tím, že je porovná
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rachmann’s plan for establishing Aberg was going as planned after the tournament kicked off
Prosince 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Vstoupil náčelník Two Feathers