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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Nan
Pòl pon se te yon franse greko-Women Champion lit. Li te bon ase bay George Hackenschmidt yon kouri pou lajan li nan plizyè tounwa. Sepandan, Lè yo rive sou Chicago nan 1900, li te “bat” pa yon wrèstle lokal. Sikonstans yo nan pèt la kite yon anpil yo dwe vle. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Yon
Earl Caddock te gen yon karyè lit pwofesyonèl relativman kout men ki gen yon etaj nan fen ane 1910 yo ak kòmansman ane 1920 yo.. Fè premye pwofesyonèl li nan 1915 apre li te genyen twa tit nasyonal AAU nan lit amatè, Caddock sèlman lite pwofesyonèl jiskaske 1922. Sepandan, li ta dwe rekonèt kòm chanpyon mondyal apre li te bat Joe Stecher nan mwa avril 1917. Caddock ta pèdi tit la tounen
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Kiltivatè” 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 liv. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg te lite nan
Sou Desanm 1, 1938 nan 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 ane ki gen laj. 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. While this story may or may
“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 te gade rival li George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
Nan kòmansman an nan 1911, piblik la lit konsidere twa mesye yo dwe defi a pi gran nan reliant Mondyal Champion Frank Gotch. Ansyen chanpyon George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko ak “Terib Turk la” Yussif Mahmout te chans a bat Gotch. Gotch, ki moun ki te moun fou pèsonn a, deside pran kèk nan lanmidon nan defi l 'yo pa matche yo
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. Plan Rachmann pou etabli Aberg te ale jan li te planifye apre tounwa a te kòmanse
Sou Desanm 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. Chèf de plim antre nan