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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 для 1930.
Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 from hated rival
На калядную ноч 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko сустрэў Джавані Raicievich ў доўгачаканай суперцяжкай барацьбе бой. Zbyszko, які агітаваў на матч-рэванш з свету ў суперцяжкай вазе па вольнай барацьбе Готч, вырашыла кінуць Raicevich 3 раз 90 хвілін або аб'яўляецца прайгралі. Калі людзі ўвайшлі ў знакаміты Madison Square Garden у Нью-Ёрку, Zbyszko быў відавочна
Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 фунты. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Аднак, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. He finally secured
Студзеня 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, a few American wrestlers had even claimed to be Nogert before
На самай справе, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Алекс” Аберг, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachman’s tournament was to start Wednesday
Марцін “Фермер” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Аднак, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Душыцель” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. У 1893, Burns was still
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Ён пачаў барацьбу, калі пра гульня была яшчэ рэальная канкурэнцыя. Ён працягваў быць паспяховым пасля гульні змяняецца на апрацаванае (prearranged) запалкі. На самай справе, he participated in a shoot contest, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 by double-crossing his promotoers.
І “Душыцель” 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. У 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,
Алекс Aberg перамог многіх вядомых праціўнікаў ў найбольшым год сваёй прафесійнай кар'еры рэстлінгу. У 1915, Aberg спаборнічалі ў абодвух вясной і восенню версіі Нью-Ёрк Міжнародны турнір па вольнай барацьбе. Канкуруючыя выключна ў найбольш зручнай для стылі грэка-рымскай барацьбе, Aberg паражэнне Dr. Benjamin Roller, Уладек Збишзко і Эд “Душыцель” Люіс разам з шэрагам чаляднік барацьбітамі.