Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Ang International Wrestling Tournament naganap sa dalawang phase sa pagitan ng Mayo 19, 1915 at Disyembre 31, 1915. Limampung wrestlers gusto makipagkumpetensya sa unang yugto ng paligsahan kabilang ang World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Ang pangalawang grupo ng paninda ay nagkaroon 40 wrestlers kabilang ang up at darating na star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Ang
Paul Pons ay isang Pranses Wrestling Greco-Roman Champion. Siya ay sapat na mahusay na magbigay sa George Hackenschmidt isang run para sa kanyang pera sa iba't ibang paligsahan. Gayunman, kapag siya ay dumating sa Chicago sa 1900, siya ay “bagsak” sa pamamagitan ng isang lokal na mambunuo. Ang kalagayan ng pagkawala iwan ng marami na ninanais. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Isa
Si Earl Caddock ay may medyo maikli ngunit mahusay na propesyonal na karera sa pakikipagbuno noong huling bahagi ng 1910s at unang bahagi ng 1920s. Ginagawa ang kanyang propesyonal na debut sa 1915 matapos manalo ng tatlong AAU National title sa amateur wrestling, Si Caddock ay nakipagbuno lamang nang propesyonal hanggang 1922. Gayunman, kikilalanin siya bilang world champion matapos talunin si Joe Stecher noong Abril 1917. Mawawalan ng titulo pabalik si Caddock
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Magsasaka” 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 pounds. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in
Sa December 1, 1938 sa 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 taong gulang. 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. Habang ang kwentong ito ay maaaring o maaari
“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, nagpasya na kunin ang ilan sa mga almirol sa kanyang mga challenger sa pamamagitan ng pagtutugma sa kanila
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. Ang plano ni Rachmann para sa pagtatatag ng Aberg ay natuloy ayon sa plano pagkatapos magsimula ang paligsahan
Sa December 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. Punong Dalawang Balahibo ang pumasok sa