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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 для 1930.
У студзені 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Мэрыленд. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” і 210 фунты, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Другі,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. The Masked Marvel stormed
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. Вуліца. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum у чацвер, Сьнежня 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
У суботу, Студзеня 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “The Russian Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” і 224 фунты, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 фунты. Despite his smaller
Thiebaud or Theobald Bauer was a French wrestler, who specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Bauer arrived in America during 1875 with a dubious claim to the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. He would defend his title for 5 years until defeated by William Muldoon in 1880. If wrestling fans are familiar with Bauer at all, it is normally as the opponent
У чацвер, Лістапада 22, 1923, Вуліца. Прамоўтэр Луі Джон Контас размясціў спрэчную карту, увянчаную матчам паміж Джо Стэхерам і Дэнам Колавым, будучы балгарскі змагар. Карту пакрываў Джон Э. Wray, Спартыўны рэдактар St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Карта выклікала спрэчкі, таму што дзве найбуйнейшыя зоркі барацьбы рэкламаваліся, але не
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) выпусціла Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) у лістападзе 1941. Адзін з апошніх фільмаў «Тонкі чалавек». (affiliate link), фільм змяшчае цікавыя віньеткі для аматараў барацьбы. Нік Чарльз, played by William Powell, уцягнуты ў дзяржаўнае расследаванне мясцовай ігральнай сеткі. Два мясцовыя прамоўтэры барацьбы кіруюць азартнымі гульнямі, якое мастацтва імітацыі жыцця, калі
Юсуф Ісмаіл змагаўся ў Злучаных Штатах толькі шэсць месяцаў у першай палове 1898. У сваім першым значным матчы, ён быў дыскваліфікаваны за грубы фол. У сваім адзіным іншым значным матчы, — даў ён Эвану “Душыцель” Льюіс збіццё яго жыцця. Але яго кароткае турнэ па Злучаных Штатах зрабіла яго легендай. Ісмаіл увайшоў у
On a Thursday night, Лістапада 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 фунты. Аднак, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Алекс” Аберг. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in