Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 til 1930.
The International Glíma Tournament kom í tveimur áföngum frá maí 19, 1915 og desember 31, 1915. Fimmtíu wrestlers myndu keppa í fyrsta áfanga mót þar á meðal fugla Greco-Roman meistari Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. The second greiðsluna hafði 40 wrestlers þ.mt upp og koma stjörnu Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Mars 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. The last fall would be decided via what The New York
Paul Pons var franskur Greco-Roman Glíma Champion. Hann var góður nógur til gefa George Hackenschmidt a hlaupa fyrir peningana sína í nokkrum mótum. Þó, þegar hann kom til Chicago í 1900, hann var “ósigur” með staðbundnum wrestler. Aðstæður á tap eftir mikið að vera óskað. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. One
RKO Pictures færði Dick Tracy grínisti ræma eðli til the stór skjár á desember 1, 1945. Þó að kvikmynd er ákveðið “B” Myndin átti að vera fyrst á tvöföldu frumvarp, enn það hefði verið áhugaverð fyrir margra aðdáendur af the vinsæll grínisti ræma. Chester Gould skapaði ræma í október 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock only wrestled professionally until 1922. Þó, he would be recognized as world champion after defeating Joe Stecher in April 1917. Caddock would lose the title back
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Farmer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 £. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg glímdi við
William Muldoon, World Greco-Roman Glíma Champion og líkamlega menningu talsmaður, kom til Los Angeles á þriðjudag, Apríl 15, 1884 að takast á við staðbundin Wrestler Fred Bauer. Leikurinn fór fram á staðnum Turnvereine Hall í Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Á maí 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail glímdi við Tom Jenkins í Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail ferðaðist aðeins um Bandaríkin í sex mánuði á fyrri hluta ársins 1898. Ismail glímdi innan við tíu viðureignir en skildi eftir eyðileggingarbraut sem minnst er enn þann dag í dag. Ismail gerði kraftmikinn áhrif með því að sigra bæði Evan „Strangler“ Lewis auðveldlega. Ismail gerði einnig sterkan
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!Frank Gotch leit yfir á keppinaut sinn George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
During February 1901, St. Louis professional wrestler and local businessman George Baptiste reluctantly filed for divorce from his wife, Nellie May Baptiste, alleging desertion. It was actually the second time, Baptiste filed for divorce from Mrs. Baptiste. During the summer of 1896, Baptiste was vacationing in Millford, Connecticut. The 31-year-old was a powerful swimmer and all-around athlete in addition to