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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 za 1930.
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Marca 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. Zadnjo jesen bi odločil New York
Paul Pons je francosko, grško-rimski Wrestling Champion. Bil je dovolj dober, da bi George Hackenschmidt teči za svoj denar na več turnirjih. Vendar, ko je prišel v Chicago 1900, je bil “poraženi” z lokalnim rokoborec. Okoliščine izgube pusti veliko od želenega. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Eden
RKO Pictures prinesel Dick Tracy lik stripov na velika platna decembra 1, 1945. Medtem ko je film je definitivno “B” Film mišljeno, da se najprej na dvojni zakona, da bi še vedno bili v interesu mnogih ljubiteljev priljubljenega stripa. Chester Gould ustvaril strip v oktobru 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock je imel v poznih 1910-ih in zgodnjih 1920-ih razmeroma kratko, a znamenito poklicno rokoborsko kariero.. Svoj profesionalni prvenec v 1915 po osvojitvi treh naslovov državnega prvaka AAU v amaterski rokoborbi, Caddock se je profesionalno boril samo do 1922. Vendar, bi bil priznan kot svetovni prvak, potem ko je aprila premagal Joeja Stecherja 1917. Caddock bi izgubil naslov nazaj
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Kmet” 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 funtov. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg se je prerival
William Muldoon, Svetovna grško-rimske rokoborbe prvak in telesno kulturo zagovornik, prišel v Los Angelesu je v torek, April 15, 1884 soočiti z lokalno rokoborec Fred Bauer. Tekma je potekala v lokalni Turnvereine dvorani v Los Angelesu. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Maja 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail se je v Clevelandu boril s Tomom Jenkinsom, Ohio. Ismail je v začetku leta samo šest mesecev potoval po Združenih državah 1898. Ismail se je boril manj kot deset dvobojev, vendar je pustil pot uničenja, ki se ga spominjajo še danes. Ismail je naredil močan vtis, ko je z lahkoto premagal oba Evana "Davitelja" Lewisa. Ismail je bil tudi močan
“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 je pogledal svojega tekmeca Georgea Hackenschmidta, 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