Londra Wrestles Coleman u Shikina

I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, li kien jinkludi tnejn minn Jim Londos’ logħbiet mis-snin tletin. Fl-ewwel partita, Londra tiġġieled lil Abe Coleman. Fit-tieni partita, Londra tiġġieled taqbila ta’ stili mħallta ma’ Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, iċ-ċinturin iswed tal-Judo u wrestler professjonali.

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 “It-Tigerman ta' Nebraska” Ramel, 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 liri. 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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