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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.
Em junho 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
Em outubro 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. Em 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
In combat sports, a good big man usually beats a good little man. If you are great, you can often make up for huge size discrepancies. Edwin Bibby stood only 5’04” e pesou 160 pounds but defeated many larger wrestlers during his professional wrestling career. Bibby defeated many wrestlers including the gigantic German wrestler William Heygster. Edwin Bibby was able
When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. However, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Infelizmente, the exploits of Martin “Agricultor” Burns and Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
Henry Moses Dufur especializou-se na luta de colarinho e cotovelo quando Dufur lutou profissionalmente nas décadas de 1870 e 1880. Nascido em maio 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermonte, Dufur lutou principalmente no nordeste dos Estados Unidos. Em junho 27, 1878, Dufur lutou uma luta de volta com um lutador chamado Cox no Boston Baseball Park na frente de quinhentos fãs. Quinhentos fãs
O poderoso William Muldoon foi considerado invencível como Luta Greco-Romana Campeão do Mundo. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon e Whistler reuniu na quinta-feira, Novembro 1, 1883 em San Francisco, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon era quase uma cabeça mais alto e pesado
Joe Acton was one of England’s best wrestlers during the 19th Century. 151-pound Acton passou por fileiras dos médios da Inglaterra antes de arar através dos pesos pesados. Depois de bater o melhor a Inglaterra tinha a oferecer, incluindo Tom Canhão, Acton decidiu testar suas habilidades nos Estados Unidos. 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. Ele finalmente conseguiu
Na realidade, 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. Rachman’s tournament was to start Wednesday