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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Međunarodni turnir u hrvanju dogodila u dvije faze, u razdoblju od svibnja 19, 1915 i prosinac 31, 1915. Pedeset hrvači će se natjecati u prvoj fazi turnira, uključujući Svjetski grčko-rimskom prvak Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Druga rata imala 40 hrvači uključujući i dolaze s tri zvjezdice u Edu “Davitelj” Klin dizač, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Paul Pons je francuski grčko-rimski Hrvanje prvak. On je bio dovoljno dobar da daju George Hackenschmidt trčanje za svoj novac u nekoliko turnira. Međutim, kada je došao u Chicago 1900, bio je “poražen” po lokalnom hrvač. Okolnosti gubitka ostavite puno da se željeni. Paul Pons otputovao u SAD-u 1900. Jedan
Earl Caddock imao je relativno kratku, ali poznatu profesionalnu hrvačku karijeru u kasnim 1910-im i ranim 1920-im. Svoj profesionalni debi u 1915 nakon što je osvojio tri AAU nacionalna naslova u amaterskom hrvanju, Caddock se profesionalno hrvao samo do 1922. Međutim, bit će priznat kao svjetski prvak nakon pobjede nad Joeom Stecherom u travnju 1917. Caddock bi izgubio naslov natrag
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Seljak” 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 funti. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg se hrvao
U prosincu 1, 1938 na 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 godina. 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. Dok ova priča može ili može
“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 gledao preko na suparnika 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 “Užasno Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, odlučio oduzeti malo škroba svojim izazivačima tako što će ih spojiti
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. Rachmannov plan za osnivanje Aberga išao je po planu nakon što je turnir započeo
U prosincu 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. Poglavica Dva Pera ušao je u