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Posts about professional wrestling history from 1870 to 1930.
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, გადაწყვიტა სახამებლის ნაწილი ამოეღო თავისი კონკურენტებისგან მათი შეხამებით
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. რახმანის გეგმა აბერგის დაარსების შესახებ მიდიოდა ისე, როგორც დაგეგმილი იყო ტურნირის დაწყების შემდეგ
წლის 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the
In 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. In 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former
In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: ყველაზე საშიში Wrestler მე -19 საუკუნის. Evan Lewis იყო გამოცდილი წარდგენის ექსპერტი დროს ლეგიტიმური პროფესიული ჭიდაობა ეპოქის მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ მან მიიღოს მონაწილეობა რამდენიმე ელის მატჩები. იანვარში 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to
და “Strangler” Lewis is one of the top two American professional wrestlers of all-time. While Lewis was a legitimate submission wrestler, who could beat anyone in a wrestling contest, he worked almost exclusively in prearranged exhibition matches. In 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,
ორშაბათს, დეკემბერი 13, 1920, და “Strangler” ლუისმა ჯო სტეჩერისგან მოიგო მძიმე წონაში ჭიდაობის მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატი ექვსიდან პირველი. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. ერთი წლის წინ ამ მატჩის, სტეჩერი და ლუისი ერთმანეთს სამ საათზე მეტხანს გაგრძელდა. ლუისმა გონებრივი შეცდომა დაუშვა
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” წმინდა. Louis during the 1904 მსოფლიოს სამართლიანი. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (შვილობილი ლინკები) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 წლები მის დაკარგვამდე