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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.
Juni 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.
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in
Oktober 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. I 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this
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When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Men, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Desværre, the exploits of Martin “Farmer” Burns and Evan “Den Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
Henry Moses Dufur specialiserede sig i krave-og-albue brydning, da Dufur kæmpede professionelt i 1870'erne og 1880'erne. Født i maj 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur kæmpede primært i det nordøstlige USA. Juni 27, 1878, Dufur kæmpede en returkamp med en wrestler ved navn Cox på Boston Baseball Park foran fem hundrede fans. Fem hundrede fans
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Bibby besejrede mange brydere inklusive den gigantiske tyske wrestler William Heygster. Bibby besejrede mange brydere inklusive den gigantiske tyske wrestler William Heygster. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Bibby besejrede mange brydere inklusive den gigantiske tyske wrestler William Heygster. Bibby besejrede mange brydere inklusive den gigantiske tyske wrestler William Heygster
Joe Acton var en af Englands bedste brydere i det 19. århundrede. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Han sikrede sig endelig
Faktisk, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachmans turnering skulle starte onsdag