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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 li 1930.
In January 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” u 210 liri, “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. Tieni,
(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. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum nhar il-Ħamis, Diċembru 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
Nhar is-Sibt, Jannar 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Il-Lion Russu” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” u 224 liri, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 liri. Despite his smaller
Thiebaud jew Theobald Bauer kien wrestler Franċiż, li speċjalizzat fil-lotta Greko-Rumana. Bauer wasal fl-Amerika matul 1875 bi talba dubju]a g[all-Kampjonat Dinji Greco-Ruman Heavyweight Wrestling. Kien jiddefendi t-titlu tiegħu għal 5 snin sakemm megħlub minn William Muldoon fi 1880. Jekk il-partitarji tal-lotta huma familjari ma 'Bauer għal kollox, huwa normalment bħala l-avversarju
Nhar il-Ħamis, Novembru 22, 1923, St. Il-promotur ta’ Louis John Contos laqa’ karta kontroversjali kkompletata minn partita bejn Joe Stecher u Dan Kolov, wrestler Bulgaru li ġej u ġej. Il-karta kienet koperta minn John E. Wray, l-Editur Sportiv għas-St. Louis Post-Dispaċċ. Il-karta kienet kontroversjali minħabba li tnejn mill-akbar stilel fil-lotta ġew reklamati iżda le
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) rilaxxati Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) f’Novembru 1941. Wieħed mill-films Thin Man aktar tard (link affiljat), il-film fih vignettes interessanti għall-partitarji tal-lotta. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, jinġibed f'investigazzjoni statali ta' ċirku tal-logħob tal-azzard lokali. Żewġ promoturi lokali tal-lotta jmexxu ċ-ċirku tal-logħob tal-azzard, li hija l-arti li timita l-ħajja jekk
Yusuf Ismail ġġieled fl-Istati Uniti biss għal sitt xhur fl-ewwel nofs ta ' 1898. Fl-ewwel logħba sinifikanti tiegħu, huwa ġie skwalifikat għal fawl vizzjuż. Fl-unika logħba oħra sinifikanti tiegħu, huwa ta lil Evan “Strangler” Lewis is-swat ta ’ħajtu. Madankollu l-mawra qasira tiegħu fl-Istati Uniti għamlitu leġġenda. Ismail daħal fil -
Fuq lejl il-Ħamis, Novembru 25, 1909, Wrestling Dinja Champion Frank Gotch sodisfatti Wrestling Pollakk Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko għal taqbila żvantaġġ fil Buffalo, New York. Gotch qablu li jitlef il-bout jekk hu ma setax tarmi Zbyszko darbtejn fis-siegħa. Daqs u saħħa Zbyszko ħolqu problemi għall Gotch, li jintiżnu 190 liri biex l Zbyszko 260 liri. Madankollu, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. 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