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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 کے” لیوس, 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. تاہم, 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. One
ارل کیڈاک کا 1910 کی دہائی کے آخر اور 1920 کی دہائی کے اوائل میں نسبتاً مختصر لیکن منزلہ پیشہ ورانہ ریسلنگ کیریئر تھا۔. میں اپنی پیشہ ورانہ شروعات کر رہے ہیں۔ 1915 شوقیہ کشتی میں تین AAU نیشنل ٹائٹل جیتنے کے بعد, کیڈاک نے صرف پیشہ ورانہ طور پر کشتی لڑی۔ 1922. تاہم, وہ اپریل میں جو اسٹیچر کو شکست دینے کے بعد عالمی چیمپئن کے طور پر پہچانا جائے گا۔ 1917. کیڈاک ٹائٹل واپس کھو دے گا۔
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “کسان” 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 پاؤنڈ. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. برگ نے کشتی لڑی۔
دسمبر 1, 1938 میں 5:15 PM, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 عمر کے سال. 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. جبکہ یہ کہانی ہو سکتی ہے یا ہو سکتی ہے۔
“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 “خوفناک ترک” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, اس نے اپنے چیلنجرز سے کچھ نشاستہ نکالنے کا فیصلہ کیا۔
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. ٹورنامنٹ شروع ہونے کے بعد ایبرگ کے قیام کا رچمن کا منصوبہ منصوبہ کے مطابق چل رہا تھا۔
دسمبر 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. چیف دو پنکھوں میں داخل ہوئے۔