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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 mus 1930.
Fred Beell wrestled professionally from 1900 mus 1919. After developing a legendary reputation due to some of his victories over Martin “Ua teb” Zaus, Dan McLeod and Frank Gotch, Beell retired as he neared 43 xyoo. His post wrestling career would lead to his unexpected death at 57. Fred Beell overcame long odds to become a competent professional wrestler
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
Yog nto moo rau defeating George Hackenschmidt Frank Gotch, lub ntiaj teb tau zus ib wrestler thiab weightlifter rau 1908 thiab cov 1911 rematch. Gotch nyob rau hauv txoj cai title 5 xyoos thiab tua yeej pobtsuas tag nrho. Hauv kuj yog cov muaj hnub nyoog 35, Gotch txiav txim siab los so num lawm. Kom nws match kawg, nws yuav siv tau rau lwm leej lwm nto moo wrestler thiab weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Txog rau hnub Friday, Tej zaum 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 “Rooj vag rau sab hnub poob”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 feeb. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Ad Santel nkag kev wrestling ib cim lig. Ua ntej nws pib wrestling hauv lub 1910s, kev wrestling transitioned los ntawm txojkev rau miv prearranged. Santel khoom txawj muaj cuav, uas yuav tau pub nws tuav ntau lub wrestlers ntawm txojkev wrestling tseeb. Santel puas tau koom tes ntau tseeb txojkev uas muaj Japanese jujitsu practitioners. He used
Nyob lig 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko mus rau lub tebchaws United States cam ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch. Ua ntej ntsib Gotch, Zbyszko toured lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab battled ntau lub zos wrestlers thoob plaws ib sab thaum ntxov ntawm 1910. Zbyszko yuav ncig teb chaws 37,000 mais. Ntxov ntxov hauv nws ncig saib, Zbyszko ntsib Frank Gotch hauv ib qhov kev tsis taus match. Zbyszko tua yeej Gotch, leej twg tau
Txog hnub plaub, Lub ib hlis ntuj 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defended his American Wrestling Championship against an up-and-coming wrestler from Iowa. Thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj, the fans realized it was the toughest match of the c Frank Alvin Gotch, lub Humboldt, Iowa ua teb cov tub uas yuav defeat Georg Hackenschmidt rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Championship rau 1908, yog Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins had defeated Gotch’s
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Kaum ib hlis 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
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 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.
Hnub Monday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis won the first of six World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships from Joe Stecher. Txog nws yeej lub npe los ntawm nws biggest rival thiab lag luam yeeb ncuab yuav tsum tau tshwj satisfying. Ib lub xyoos ua ntej no match, Stecher and Lewis met in a match lasting over three hours. Lewis made a mental error in