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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, і т.д..
У суботу, Січень 30, 1904, Джордж Hackenschmidt захистив чемпіонат з греко-римської World Wrestling проти Ахмеда Medrali. “Російський Лев” буде мати, щоб перемогти “Грозний Turk” зберегти свій титул. Промоутери вибрали гігантський Medrali, який був 6’02” і 224 фунти, щоб перемогти, здавалося б, непереможну Hackenschmidt. Джордж Hackenschmidt стояв тільки 5’09” високий і важив 209 фунти. Despite his smaller
Тібо або Теобальд Бауер — французький борець, який займався греко-римською боротьбою. Бауер прибув до Америки під час 1875 із сумнівною претензією на звання чемпіона світу з греко-римської боротьби у важкій вазі. Він захищав би свій титул 5 років до поразки від Вільяма Малдуна в 1880. Якщо любителі боротьби взагалі знайомі з Бауером, це зазвичай як суперник
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
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
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. Після старту турніру план Рахмана щодо створення Aberg йшов за планом
Грудня 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. Рахман
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, Франк Gotch, в Готч Остання
Травень 21, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament began in New York. Samuel Rachman promoted the event as a way to showcase European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman believed Aberg was the natural successor to World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, who retired in 1913. On the first day of the tournament, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up
Ernest Roeber was an accomplished Greco-Roman wrestler. Вільям Малдун, the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion from 1880 для 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Однак, the world title would continue to be disputed until George Hackenschmidt won several Greco-Roman Tournaments in Europe during 1901. Yusuf Ismail, Грозний турок, was considered one of the
On June 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.