Londos Wrestles Coleman ak Shikina

I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, ki enkli de nan Jim Londos’ alimèt soti nan ane 1930 yo. Nan premye match la, Londos lite Abe Coleman. Nan dezyèm match la, Londos lite yon match estil melanje ak Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, senti nwa judo a ak wrèstle pwofesyonèl.

Londos was the biggest box office star in professional wrestling history. While Londos was not in the same league as Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Joe Stecher or John “Tigerman nan Nebraska” Sand, Londos did know “hooking”, the insider term for submission wrestling.

Abe Coleman achieved fame as “the Hebrew Hercules.” While Coleman stood only 5’03”, he weighed over 200 liv. Coleman also possessed a professional bodybuilder’s physique without the use of steroids. When Coleman died in 2007 at 101-years-old, he was the oldest living former professional wrestler.

Oki Shikina was born Morio Shikina in Okinawa. Shikina debuted in the early 1930s. Shikina wrestled until 1955, when he was 51-years-old.

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