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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Międzynarodowy Turniej wystąpił w dwóch etapach Wrestling od maja 19, 1915 i grudzień 31, 1915. Pięćdziesiąt zapaśników będzie rywalizować w pierwszej fazie turnieju, w tym światowej grecko-rzymskiego Champion Aleksandra “Alex” Aberg. Druga rata miała 40 zapaśników, w tym i najbliższych gwiazda Eda “Dusiciel” Chwytak, 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. Jednak, 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. Jeden
Earl Caddock miał stosunkowo krótką, ale bogatą karierę w zapasach zawodowych na przełomie lat 1910. i 20. XX wieku. Zadebiutował zawodowo w 1915 po zdobyciu trzech tytułów krajowych AAU w zapasach amatorskich, Do czasu Caddock walczył wyłącznie zawodowo 1922. Jednak, zostałby uznany za mistrza świata po pokonaniu Joe Stechera w kwietniu 1917. Caddock straciłby tytuł z powrotem
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Rolnik” 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 funtów. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg walczył
Grudzień 1, 1938 w 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 lat. 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. Chociaż ta historia może lub może
“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 spojrzał na swojego rywala, George'a Hackenschmidta, 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 “Groźny Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, postanowił odebrać trochę skrobi swoim rywalom, dopasowując ich
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. Po rozpoczęciu turnieju plan Rachmanna dotyczący założenia firmy Aberg przebiegał zgodnie z planem
Grudzień 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. Wódz Dwa Pióra wszedł do