Russian Lion Defeats Terrible Turk

喬治·哈肯施密特套裝

上週六, 一月 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “The Russian Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” 和 224 英鎊, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” 身高,體重 209 英鎊. Despite his smaller

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Masked Marvel Throws Berner

琥珀色的奇蹟繪圖

Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “亞歷克斯” 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

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Masked Marvel To The Rescue

琥珀色的奇蹟繪圖

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. 拉赫曼建立阿貝格的計劃在比賽開始後按計劃進行

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Belief No Longer Suspended

琥珀色的奇蹟繪圖

十二月 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. 拉赫曼

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Lurich Throws Losson

格奧爾格·盧里希

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, 弗蘭克Gotch表示, 在戈奇的最後

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Terrible Turk’s Horrible Foul of Roeber

尤素福-伊斯梅爾可怕的土耳其人

Ernest Roeber was an accomplished Greco-Roman wrestler. 威廉·馬爾登, the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion from 1880 至 1889, wanted Roeber to take over from him as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. 然而, the world title would continue to be disputed until George Hackenschmidt won several Greco-Roman Tournaments in Europe during 1901. Yusuf Ismail, the Terrible Turk, 被認為是其中之一

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Zbyszko Knocks Out Greek Wrestler

弗拉德克-茲比什科

六月 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.

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