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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 në 1930.
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, mundës kampion bote dhe peshëngritësi në 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch mbajti titullin për pesë vjet dhe mundi të gjitha ardhurve. Në moshën relativisht të re të 35, Gotch vendosur të dalin në pension. Për ndeshjen e tij të fundit, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Të premten, Maj 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 the West”, St. Louis, Misuri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minuta. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Më gusht 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, e tij
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 mori pjesë në disa gara legjitime me praktikuesit japonezë jujitsu. Ai përdori
Në fund 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko udhëtoi për në Shtetet e Bashkuara për të sfiduar Botëror Heavyweight Champion mundjes Frank Gotch. Para takimit Gotch, Zbyszko vizitoi Shtetet e Bashkuara dhe luftuan shumë mundësit lokale në të gjithë pjesën e hershme të 1910. Zbyszko do të udhëtojë 37,000 milje. Herët në turneun e tij, Zbyszko takua Frank Gotch në një ndeshje të metë. Zbyszko mundi Gotch, who was
Të shtunën, Nëntor 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minuta. 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 i pushtuar
Të enjten, Janar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins mbrojti kampionatin e tij amerikan të mundjes kundër një mundësi të ardhshëm nga Iowa. After the first fall, Tifozët e kuptuan se ishte ndeshja më e vështirë e Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins kishte mundur Gotch's
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Nëntor 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 mbajti kampionin botëror të mundjes me jakë dhe bërryl në peshën e rëndë gjatë viteve 1870. Nga 1855, Dufur u tërhoq nga mundja profesionale për të ndjekur profesionin e tij me kohë të plotë të rrobaqepësit. Edhe gjatë karrierës së tij në mundje, Dufur punonte si rrobaqepës. Dufur i tha korrespondentit nga The Boston Globe se ai kishte lindur në Richford, Vermont në qershor 5, 1943. Kjo datë e
Në janar 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.