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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
O Torneo Internacional de Wrestling ocorreu en dúas fases, entre maio 19, 1915 e decembro 31, 1915. Cincuenta wrestlers ía competir na primeira fase do torneo, incluíndo o Campión do Mundo greco-romana Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. A segunda parte tivo 40 loitadores, incluíndo para arriba e próximos estrela Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. O
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. Porén, 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. Un
Earl Caddock tivo unha carreira de loita libre profesional relativamente curta pero con historia a finais da década de 1910 e principios da década de 1920.. Fai o seu debut profesional en 1915 despois de gañar tres títulos nacionais da AAU en loita afeccionada, Caddock só loitou profesionalmente ata 1922. Porén, sería recoñecido como campión do mundo tras derrotar a Joe Stecher en abril 1917. Caddock perdería o título
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Agricultores” 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 libras. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg loitou
En decembro de 1, 1938 en 5:15 am, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 anos de idade. 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. Aínda que esta historia pode ou pode
“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 looked over at his rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
At the beginning of 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 “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, decidiu quitarlle parte do almidón aos seus retadores emparelándoos
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. O plan de Rachmann para establecer Aberg ía como estaba previsto despois do inicio do torneo
En decembro de 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. Chief Two Feathers entered the