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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, dan lain-lain.
Pada tanggal 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
Pada Oktober 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. Di 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
Dalam olahraga pertarungan, orang besar yang baik biasanya mengalahkan orang kecil yang baik. Jika kamu hebat, Anda sering kali dapat menutupi perbedaan ukuran yang besar. Edwin Bibby hanya berdiri 5’04” dan ditimbang 160 pound tetapi mengalahkan banyak pegulat besar selama karir gulat profesionalnya. Bibby mengalahkan banyak pegulat termasuk pegulat raksasa Jerman William Heygster. Edwin Bibby mampu
Ketika Juara Gulat Kelas Berat Dunia William Muldoon pensiun pada tahun 2017 1889, dia berharap anak didiknya Ernest Roeber diakui sebagai juara baru. However, Muldoon memenangkan gelarnya dalam gulat Yunani-Romawi, yang merupakan keahlian Roeber kelahiran Jerman. Sayangnya, eksploitasi Martin “Petani” Luka Bakar dan Evan “Pencekik” Lewis melambungkan gulat catch-as-catch-can ke dalam gaya dominan. Roeber memang punya
Henry Moses Dufur berspesialisasi dalam gulat kerah dan siku ketika Dufur bergulat secara profesional pada tahun 1870-an dan 1880-an. Lahir pada bulan Mei 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur bergulat terutama di Amerika Serikat bagian timur laut. Pada tanggal 27, 1878, Dufur bergulat dalam pertandingan kembali dengan pegulat bernama Cox di Boston Baseball Park di depan lima ratus penggemar. Lima ratus penggemar
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Hanya satu orang yang secara serius menantang Muldoon pada masa pemerintahannya yang dominan. Clarence Whistler seberat 165 pon secara konsisten memberikan tantangan terberatnya kepada Muldoon. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California dalam salah satu dari beberapa pertandingan mereka. William Muldoon hampir satu kepala lebih tinggi dan beratnya
Joe Acton adalah salah satu pegulat terbaik Inggris pada abad ke-19. 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. Dia akhirnya mengamankan
Sebenarnya, 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. Turnamen Rachman akan dimulai Rabu