Russian Lion Defeats Terrible Turk

喬治·哈肯施密特套裝

上週六, 一月 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” 和 224 英鎊, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” 身高,體重 209 英鎊. Despite his smaller

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亨利·摩西·杜富爾回憶錄

亨利·摩西·杜富爾死亡通知

亨利·摩西·杜福爾 (Henry Moses Dufur) 在 1870 年代榮獲世界重量級頸肘摔跤冠軍. 通過 1855, 杜福爾從職業摔角退役,從事服裝裁縫的全職工作. 即使在他的摔角生涯中, 杜福爾是一名裁縫. 杜福爾告訴《波士頓環球報》記者,他出生在里奇福德, 佛蒙特州六月 5, 1943. 這個日期

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Masked Marvel Throws Berner

琥珀色的奇蹟繪圖

Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “亞歷克斯” 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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Masked Marvel To The Rescue

琥珀色的奇蹟繪圖

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. 拉赫曼建立阿貝格的計劃在比賽開始後按計劃進行

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Belief No Longer Suspended

琥珀色的奇蹟繪圖

十二月 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. 拉赫曼

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Lurich Throws Losson

格奧爾格·盧里希

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, 弗蘭克Gotch表示, in Gotch’s last

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Terrible Turk’s Horrible Foul of Roeber

尤素福-伊斯梅爾可怕的土耳其人

Ernest Roeber was an accomplished Greco-Roman wrestler. 威廉·馬爾登, the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion from 1880 至 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. 然而, 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, was considered one of the

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