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Posts about professional wrestling during the 1900s.
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “مزارع” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 جنيه. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in
ديسمبر 1, 1938 في 5:15 PM, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 سنوات من العمر. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
آب 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, له
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!” Frank Gotch looked over at his rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, which is why both promoters
On St. Patrick’s Day, مارس 17, 1905, الحادي و. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning
ديسمبر 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the
يوم الثلاثاء, يناير 19, 1909, الدكتور. بنيامين الرول, الطبيب سياتل والموالية المصارع الذي كانت جيدة بما يكفي للفوز في بطولة الوزن الثقيل الأمريكية, قررت لسبب غير مفهوم لمحاولة يده في الملاكمة للمحترفين. كان خصمه صديق وشريك السجال, “دنفر” إد مارتن, من سيفوز في بطولة الملاكمة للوزن الثقيل العالمي الملونة. الدكتور. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. لويس’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. آب 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
My stepdad Ernest C. Diaz married my mother on June 8, 1981. Dad and Mom worked to make sure we had a normal family life. <تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1981 أو 1982, they decided to take my sisters and me to a professional wrestling show at the Checkerdome (also known as the Arena). Our favorite wrestlers were the Von Erichs. David Von Erich