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Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, etc.
O sábado, Xaneiro 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “The Russian Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” e 224 libras, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” altura e pesaba 209 libras. Despite his smaller
Henry Moses Dufur ocupou o campión mundial de loita de colar e cóbado de peso pesado durante a década de 1870.. Por 1855, Dufur retirouse da loita profesional para exercer a súa profesión a tempo completo de xastre de roupa. Mesmo durante a súa carreira de loita libre, Dufur traballaba de xastre. Dufur díxolle ao correspondente de The Boston Globe que naceu en Richford, Vermont en xuño 5, 1943. Esta data de
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. O plan de Rachmann para establecer Aberg ía como estaba previsto despois do inicio do torneo
En decembro de 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann
Thiebaud ou Theobald Bauer foi un loitador francés, que se especializou na loita grecorromana. Bauer chegou a América durante 1875 cun dubidoso reclamo do Campionato Mundial de Loita Peso Pesado Greco-Romano. Defendería o seu título para 5 anos ata que foi derrotado por William Muldoon en 1880. Se os fanáticos da loita libre están familiarizados con Bauer, normalmente é como o opoñente
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, no último de Gotch
En maio 21, 1915, o Wrestling Torneo Internacional comezou en Nova York. Samuel Rachman promoveu o evento como unha forma de amosar Wrestling Europea grecorromano Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman cría Aberg era o sucesor natural de Wrestling Campión do Mundo de Frank Gotch, que se aposentou en 1913. O primeiro día da competición, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
Ernest Roeber was an accomplished Greco-Roman wrestler. William Muldoon, the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion from 1880 para 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Porén, the world title would continue to be disputed until George Hackenschmidt won several Greco-Roman Tournaments in Europe during 1901. Yusuf Ismail, the Terrible Turk, foi considerado un dos