Americus Beats Charley Olson

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Vào ngày 7, 1908, Charles Olson met “Americus” Gus Schonlein for the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The match proved to be as exciting as observers suspected it would be but it ended in controversy. Olson stood 6’01” but weighed only 170 bảng. Born Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, he took the name Charles or Charley Olson

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Gotch Easily Beats Raicevich

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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 bảng. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Tuy nhiên, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated

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Christmas Night Wrestling Fiasco

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Giáng sinh Đêm trên 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the

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Jem Mace Establishes World Title Again

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Ngày 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Claims to the championship were very murky at the time. Thuggery and dirty tricks often obscured who was actually American Champion. Jem Mace, who was considered World Champion twice while fighting in England, was signed to meet Tom

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Strangler” Headlocks Caddock for Win

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EdStranglerLewis is one of the greatest professional wrestlers and world champions of all time. Đồ dùng móc đá lên cao’ signature move was the stranglehold, which Lewis started using as promoters and wrestlers transitioned professional wrestling to a prearranged or “worked” exhibition. Lewis originally used the front face lock or guillotine choke. Lewis’ namesake Evan “Strangler” Lewis made the front face lock or

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Matsuda Wins First Match

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Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. He finally secured

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Francis Mosblech Marries Rosemary Kalt

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On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. và bà. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. The March 3, 1946 edition of

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Sốc, tập. 2

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Với Choque, tập. 2 (Liên kết liên kết của Amazon), Roberto Pedreira kể lại câu chuyện về Nhu thuật Brazil vào thời kỳ mà ông coi là thời kỳ hoàng kim ở Brazil, 1950 – 1960. Ngoài Carlos và Helio Gracie, một số học viện khác, chẳng hạn như Oswaldo Fadda, cũng đã phát triển mạnh. Judo đang trở nên phổ biến nhưng chưa vượt qua được Jiu-Jitsu về mức độ phổ biến. Các trận đấu của Vale Tudo đang ở đỉnh cao

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

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Bộ phim này (liên kết liên kết) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield đạo The Hound của Baskervilles (1939) cho Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce đồng sao như Tiến sĩ. John Watson. Rathbone và Bruce sẽ chơi Holmes và Watson trong mười ba bộ phim tiếp theo, một nhiều hơn cho Twentieth-Century Fox và mười hai cho Universal Pictures. This film is a

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Aberg Tempts Gotch

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Trên thực tế, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Giải đấu của Rachman sẽ bắt đầu vào thứ Tư

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