Tag: Greco-Roman at Iba pang Estilo ng Wrestling

Aleksander “Alex” Naging headline si Aberg 1917 sa panahon ng isang demanda sa kanyang pagtanggi na tuparin ang isang pakikipagbuno na pangako sa Boston noong Marso 1917. Pumayag si Aberg na makipagbuno kay Wladek Zbyszko, kanyang pangunahing kalaban sa panahon ng 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament, para sa tagataguyod ng Boston na si George Touhey. Gayunman, Umalis si Aberg sa laban ilang sandali matapos pumirma ng isang kasunduan na makipagbuno sa kanya

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Si Clarence Whistler ay ipinanganak sa Indiana noong 1856. Habang nakatayo 5 lang’09” o kaya at pagtimbang 165 pounds, Ang Whistler ay itinuturing na isa sa pinakamakapangyarihang wrestler sa kanyang panahon. Si Whistler ang nag-iisang wrestler na nakapagpahirap kay William Muldoon sa 9-taong pagtakbo ni Muldoon bilang World Champion. Pangunahing nakipagkumpitensya si Whistler sa wrestling ng Greco-Roman, ang dominanteng istilo sa

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(Ang post na ito ay isang pagsisikap mula sa aking pinakabagong aklat na Masked Marvel to the Rescue: Ang Gimik na Nagligtas sa 1915 Available ang International Wrestling Tournament sa Amazon.) Ang taglagas na bersyon ng 1915 Ang International Wrestling Tournament ay nahihirapan sa pagdalo at interes, nang makamit ng promoter na si Sam Rachmann ang gintong pang-promosyon sa pamamagitan ng pagpapakilala ng isang nakamaskara na wrestler sa kanyang paligsahan. Sumabog ang Masked Marvel

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Sa Sabado, Enero 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Ang Russian Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” at 224 pounds, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 pounds. Despite his smaller

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Si Thiebaud o Theobald Bauer ay isang Pranses na wrestler, na dalubhasa sa Greco-Roman wrestling. Dumating sa Amerika si Bauer 1875 na may isang kahina-hinala na pag-angkin sa World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Ipagtatanggol niya ang kanyang pamagat para sa 5 taon hanggang sa natalo ni William Muldoon sa 1880. Kung ang mga tagahanga ng pakikipagbuno ay pamilyar sa Bauer, ito ay normal bilang kalaban

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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

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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

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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. Ang plano ni Rachmann para sa pagtatatag ng Aberg ay natuloy ayon sa plano pagkatapos magsimula ang paligsahan

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Sa December 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

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