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На самай справе, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Алекс” Аберг, 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. Турнір Рахмана павінен быў пачацца ў сераду
Алекс Aberg перамог многіх вядомых праціўнікаў ў найбольшым год сваёй прафесійнай кар'еры рэстлінгу. У 1915, Aberg спаборнічалі ў абодвух вясной і восенню версіі Нью-Ёрк Міжнародны турнір па вольнай барацьбе. Канкуруючыя выключна ў найбольш зручнай для стылі грэка-рымскай барацьбе, Aberg паражэнне Dr. Benjamin Roller, Уладек Збишзко і Эд “Душыцель” Люіс разам з шэрагам чаляднік барацьбітамі.
У пятніцу, Можа 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, Вуліца. Луіс, Місуры. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 хвілін. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Лістапада 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
Paul Pons was the Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion of France in the 1890s. He won a tournament at the Folies-Bergeres before winning a tournament in Russia in 1898. Гэтыя перамогі дазволілі яму прэтэндаваць на чэмпіянат свету па грэка-рымскай барацьбе. Pons capitalized on this notoriety by opening a gym to train wrestlers and strong men. Pons’ Перамога была асабліва значнай з-за
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Пасля
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
On September 15, 1919, Вуліца. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. На працягу многіх гадоў, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Алекс” Аберг. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
Чэрвеня 4, 1883, Грэка-рымская свету ў суперцяжкай чэмпіён па вольнай барацьбе Уільям Малдун сутыкнуліся дасведчаны французскі змагар Жуль RIGAL ў Сан-Францыска, Каліфорнія. Калі змагары распрануўся да іх ствалоў на матч, гэта была ўлада відавочна Малдун быў бы даказаць велізарную праблему для RIGAL. Малдун стаяў вакол 6 футаў у вышыню і важылі ад 193 і 210 фунтаў на працягу сваёй кар'еры.