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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
O Torneio Internacional de Wrestling ocorreu em duas fases, entre maio 19, 1915 e Dezembro 31, 1915. Cinqüenta wrestlers iria competir na primeira fase do torneio, incluindo o Campeão do Mundo Greco-romana Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. A segunda parcela tinha 40 lutadores, incluindo para cima e próximos estrela Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. O
Paul Pons era uma luta greco-romana campeão francês. Ele era bom o suficiente para dar George Hackenschmidt um funcionamento para seu dinheiro em vários torneios. However, quando ele veio para Chicago em 1900, estava “derrotado” por um lutador local,. As circunstâncias da perda deixam muito a desejar. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Um
Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock only wrestled professionally until 1922. However, he would be recognized as world champion after defeating Joe Stecher in April 1917. Caddock would lose the title back
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Agricultor” 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 lutou
Em dezembro de 1, 1938 em 5:15 pm, 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. Embora esta história possa ou possa
“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 olhou para seu rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
No início de 1911, o público de wrestling considerou três homens a ser o maior desafio para o Campeão do Mundo Frank Gotch. O ex-campeão George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko e “O Terrível Turk” Yussif Mahmout queria a chance de bater Gotch. Gotch, que era bobo, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up
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
Em dezembro 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. Chefe Duas Penas entrou no