Londos worstelt met Coleman en Shikina

I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, waaronder twee van Jim Londos’ wedstrijden uit de jaren dertig. In de eerste wedstrijd, Londos worstelt met Abe Coleman. In de tweede wedstrijd, Londos worstelt een wedstrijd van gemengde stijlen met Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, de Judo zwarte band en professionele worstelaar.

Londos was the biggest box office star in professional wrestling history. While Londos was not in the same league as Ed “Worger” Lewis, Joe Stecher or John “De Nebraska-tijgerman” Zand, 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 pond. 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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