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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 kuni 1930.
Esmaspäeval, Detsember 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. A year before this match, Stecher and Lewis met in a match lasting over three hours. Lewis made a mental error in
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Pärast
Aasta lõpus 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Farmer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Siiski, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Poolt 1902, George
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
Aprillil 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross kohtus Sorakichi Matsudaga, tuntud ka kui Matsada, esimene Jaapani profimaadleja USA-s. Matsuda rändas USA-sse, et täita oma unistust saada professionaalseks maadlejaks, sest Jaapanis seda tol ajal tegelikult ei olnud. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March
August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis kohtus Briti maadlus Champion Tom Cannon Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
On laupäev, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 protokoll. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed
William Muldoon, the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion and physical culture proponent, came to Los Angeles on Tuesday, Aprill 15, 1884 to face the local wrestler Fred Bauer. The match took place at the local Turnvereine Hall in Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
International Maadlus Tournament toimus kahes järgus maist 19, 1915 ja detsembris 31, 1915. Viiskümmend maadlejate konkureeriks esimeses etapis Turniiri sealhulgas World kreeka-rooma Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Teine osamakse oli 40 maadlejate hulgas üles ja tulevad star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The