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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 za 1930.
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 funtov. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Vendar, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, ki je odpotoval v Ameriko, da bi se pomeril s Frankom Gotchom po njegovem porazu
Na božični večer 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko se je srečal z Giovannijem Raicievichem v težko pričakovanem dvoboju v težki kategoriji.. Zbyszko, ki se je zavzemal za povratni dvoboj s svetovnim prvakom v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Frankom Gotchom, strinjal, da vrže Raiceviča 3 krat v 90 minut ali pa bo razglašen za poraženca. Ko so moški vstopili v slavni Madison Square Garden v New Yorku, Zbyszko je bil očitno tisti
In “Strangler” Lewis je eden največjih profesionalnih rokoborcev in svetovnih prvakov vseh časov. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, ki jih je Lewis začel uporabljati kot promotorje in rokoborce, je poklicno rokoborbo preusmeril na vnaprej dogovorjeno ali "delano" razstavo. Lewis je prvotno uporabljal sprednji čelni zaklep ali giljotinsko dušilko. Lewisov soimenjak Evan “Strangler” Lewis je izdelal front face lock oz
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. Končno se je zavaroval
Dejansko, 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. Rachmanov turnir naj bi se začel v sredo
Martin “Kmet” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Vendar, Burns je bil velik borec v svoji desni. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. V 1893, Burns je bil miren
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Začel je rokoborbo, ko je pro igra še vedno dejanska konkurenca. Nadaljeval je, da bi bil uspešen, ko se igra spremeni v obdelano (prearranged) tekme. Dejansko, se je udeležil strelskega tekmovanja, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 z dvojnim križanjem njegovih promotorjev.
Alex Aberg je v najboljšem letu svoje profesionalne rokoborske kariere premagal številne pomembne sovražnike. V 1915, Aberg je tekmoval v spomladanski in jesenski različici newyorškega mednarodnega rokoborskega turnirja. Tekmuje izključno v svojem priljubljenem slogu grško-rimskega rokoborbe, Aberg je premagal Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko in Ed “Strangler” Lewis skupaj s številnimi potniškimi rokoborci.
Fred Beell se je profesionalno boril iz 1900 za 1919. Potem ko si je pridobil legendarni sloves zaradi nekaterih svojih zmag nad Martinom “Kmet” Burns, Dan McLeod in Frank Gotch, Beell se je upokojil, ko se je približal 43 let. Njegova kariera po rokoborbi je vodila do njegove nepričakovane smrti ob 57. Fred Beell je premagal dolge težave in postal kompetenten profesionalni rokoborec
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