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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 para 1930.
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 libras. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Porén, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, quen viaxou a América para enfrontarse a Frank Gotch despois de derrotalo
Na noite de Nadal 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko coñeceu a Giovanni Raicievich nun combate de loita libre moi esperado.. Zbyszko, que estaba facendo campaña para unha revancha co campión mundial de loita libre de peso pesado Frank Gotch, acordou botar a Raicevich 3 veces en 90 minutos ou ser declarado perdedor. Cando os homes entraron no famoso Madison Square Garden da cidade de Nova York, Zbyszko foi claramente o
E “Estrangulador” Lewis é un dos mellores loitadores profesionais e campións do mundo de todos os tempos. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, que Lewis comezou a usar como promotores e loitadores fixeron a transición da loita profesional a unha exposición prefixada ou "traballada".. Lewis utilizou orixinalmente o bloqueo frontal ou o estrangulador de guillotina. O homónimo de Lewis, Evan "Strangler" Lewis fixo o bloqueo da cara frontal ou
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Por fin conseguiu
En realidade, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. O torneo de Rachman debía comezar o mércores
Martin “Agricultores” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Porén, Queimaduras foi un gran loitador no seu propio dereito. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. En 1893, Burns estaba quieto
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Empezou a loitar cando o xogo aínda estaba pro dunha competencia efectiva. El continuou a ser exitosa despois do partido cambiou a traballadas (prearranged) fósforo. Centrais, participou nun concurso de rodaxe, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 cruzando os seus promotores.
Alex Aberg derrotou a moitos inimigos notables no mellor ano da súa carreira de loita libre profesional. En 1915, Aberg competiu tanto nas versións de primavera como de outono do Torneo Internacional de Loita de Nova York. Competindo exclusivamente no seu estilo preferido de loita grecorromana, Aberg derrotou ao Dr. Benjamin Rolo, Wladek Zbyszko e Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis xunto con varios loitadores de viaxeiros.
Fred Beell loitou profesionalmente desde 1900 para 1919. Despois de desenvolver unha reputación lendaria debido a algunhas das súas vitorias sobre Martín “Agricultores” Queimaduras, Dan McLeod e Frank Gotch, Beell retirouse cando se achegaba 43 anos de idade. A súa carreira post-loita levaría á súa morte inesperada en 57. Fred Beell superou as grandes probabilidades para converterse nun loitador profesional competente
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star