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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 kuni 1930.
Reedel, Mai 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 protokoll. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, tema
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Ta kasutas
Aasta lõpus 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko sõitis USA vaidlustada World raskekaalu maadluses Champion Frank Gotch. Enne kohtumist Gotch, Zbyszko käinud USA ja võitles paljude kohalike maadlejate kogu algul 1910. Zbyszko oleks reisida 37,000 miili. Varakult oma tour, Zbyszko täidetud Frank Gotch händikäp mängu. Zbyszko alistas Gotch, kes oli
On laupäev, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 protokoll. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed
Neljapäeval, Jaanuar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins kaitses oma Ameerika maadluse meistritiitlit ühe Iowa maadleja vastu.. After the first fall, fännid said aru, et see oli Frank Alvin Gotchi raskeim matš, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins oli Gotchi alistanud
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
Henry Moses Dufur oli 1870. aastatel kaelarihma ja küünarnuki maadluse raskekaalu maailmameister. Poolt 1855, Dufur loobus professionaalsest maadlusest, et jätkata täiskohaga rõivarätsepa eriala. Isegi oma maadluskarjääri ajal, Dufur töötas rätsepana. Dufur rääkis The Boston Globe'i korrespondendile, et ta on sündinud Richfordis, juunil Vermontis 5, 1943. See kuupäev
Aasta jaanuaris 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons oli kreeka-rooma maadluses Prantsusmaa 1890. Ta võitis turniiri Folies-Bergeres enne võitnud turniiri Venemaal 1898. Need võidud võimaldasid tal võita kreeka-rooma maadluse maailmameistrivõistlused. Pons on seda ära tuntuse avades jõusaal rong maadlejate ja tugevad mehed. Pons’ võit oli eriti tähelepanuväärne, sest