Londos brottas med Coleman och Shikina

I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, som inkluderade två av Jim Londos’ matcher från 1930-talet. I första matchen, London brottas med Abe Coleman. I andra matchen, Londos brottas en match med blandade stilar med Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, Judo svart bälte och professionell brottare.

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 “Nebraska Tigerman” 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 pounds. 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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