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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.
Dissabte, Gener 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “El lleó rus” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” i 224 lliures, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 lliures. Despite his smaller
Thiebaud o Theobald Bauer va ser un lluitador francès, que es va especialitzar en la lluita grecoromana. Bauer va arribar a Amèrica durant 1875 amb una dubtosa reclamació al Campionat Mundial de Lluita Greco-Romana de pes pesat. Ell defensaria el seu títol 5 anys fins que va ser derrotat per William Muldoon a 1880. Si els aficionats a la lluita lliure estan familiaritzats amb Bauer, normalment és com l'oponent
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
Vaig decidir començar 2020 utilitzant dos exemples de lluita lliure professional per discutir per què canviaríeu un relat històric que vau escriure en el passat. En escriure la història, esteu limitat per les fonts disponibles sobre el tema. Fonts primàries com els diaris, els registres oficials i les autobiografies són molt valuosos. Altres fonts com els diaris també són bones, però
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. El pla de Rachmann per establir Aberg anava com estava previst després de l'inici del torneig
Al desembre 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
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, en l'última de Gotch
Al maig 21, 1915, la International Wrestling torneig va començar a Nova York. Samuel Rachman va promoure l'esdeveniment com una forma de mostrar Wrestling Europea grecoromana Campió Alek Aberg. Rachman creu Aberg era el successor natural de la World Wrestling Campió Frank Gotch, qui es va retirar a 1913. En el primer dia del torneig, 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 to 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Però, the world title would continue to be disputed until George Hackenschmidt won several Greco-Roman Tournaments in Europe during 1901. Yusuf Ismail, el Terrible Turk, va ser considerat un dels
Al juny 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.