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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 a 1930.
Fred Beell luchó profesionalmente desde 1900 a 1919. Después de desarrollar una reputación legendaria debido a algunas de sus victorias sobre Martin “Agricultor” Quemaduras, Dan McLeod y Frank Gotch, Beell se retiró a medida que se acercaba 43 years of age. Su carrera posterior a la lucha libre lo llevaría a su muerte inesperada en 57. Fred Beell superó los obstáculos para convertirse en un luchador profesional competente
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, el luchador campeón del mundo y de pesas en 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch conservó el título durante cinco años y derrotó a todos los interesados. En la edad relativamente joven de 35, Gotch decidió retirarse. Para su último partido, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
El viernes, Mayo 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 minutes. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
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 did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. He used
A finales 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko viajó a los Estados Unidos para desafiar Mundial Peso Pesado Wrestling Campeón Frank Gotch. Antes de conocer Gotch, Zbyszko gira por Estados Unidos y luchó muchos luchadores locales en toda la primera parte 1910. Zbyszko viajaría 37,000 millas. Al principio de su recorrido, Zbyszko reunió Frank Gotch en un handicap match. Zbyszko derrotó Gotch, quien fue
El jueves, Enero 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defended his American Wrestling Championship against an up-and-coming wrestler from Iowa. Después de la primera caída, the fans realized it was the toughest match of the c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins had defeated Gotch’s
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Noviembre 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
En enero 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 he 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.
El lunes, Diciembre 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis won the first of six World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships from Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Un año antes de este partido, Stecher and Lewis met in a match lasting over three hours. Lewis made a mental error in