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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.
Ar Meitheamh 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
Ar Deireadh Fómhair 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. In 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
I spóirt chomhrac, de ghnáth buaileann fear mór maith fear beag maith. Má tá tú go hiontach, is féidir leat a dhéanamh suas go minic le haghaidh neamhréireachtaí méid ollmhór. Níor sheas Edwin Bibby ach 5’04” agus a mheá 160 punt ach bhuaigh sé go leor wrestlers níos mó le linn a ghairm bheatha wrestling gairmiúil. Bhuaigh Bibby go leor wrestlers lena n-áirítear an wrestler Gearmánach ollmhór William Heygster. Bhí Edwin Bibby in ann
Nuair a d’éirigh William Muldoon, Seaimpín Trom-mheáchain an Domhain ar scor i 1889, bhí súil aige go n-aithneofaí a ghaisce Ernest Roeber mar an curadh nua. Mar sin féin, Bhuaigh Muldoon a theideal i wrestling Greco-Rómhánach, ba é sin saineolas Roeber a rugadh sa Ghearmáin. Unfortunately, éacht Mháirtín “Feirmeoir” Burns agus Evan “An Strangler” D’éirigh le Lewis dul i ngleic leis an stíl cheannasach. Bhí a
Bhí Henry Moses Dufur speisialaithe i wrestling collar-agus-elbow nuair a throid Dufur go gairmiúil sna 1870í agus 1880í. Rugadh ar Bealtaine 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Bhí Dufur ag troid go príomha in oirthuaisceart na Stát Aontaithe. Ar Meitheamh 27, 1878, Chaith Dufur cluiche fillte le wrestler darbh ainm Cox ag Boston Baseball Park os comhair cúig chéad de lucht leanúna. Cúig chéad leantóir
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Níor thug ach fear amháin dúshlán mór do Muldoon le linn a réimeas ceannasach. An Clarence Whistler 165-punt thug Muldoon a dhúshláin is deacra go seasta. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Samhain 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California i gceann dá gcuid cluichí éagsúla. Bhí William Muldoon beagnach ceann níos airde agus meáchan
Bhí Joe Acton ar dhuine de na wrestlers is fearr i Sasana le linn an 19ú hAois. 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. Dhaingnigh sé ar deireadh
I ndáiríre, 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. Bhí comórtas Rachman le tosú Dé Céadaoin