Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, etc.
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Μασαχουσέτη. 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
Στα μαχητικά αθλήματα, ένας καλός μεγάλος συνήθως χτυπάει έναν καλό ανθρωπάκι. Αν είσαι υπέροχος, μπορείτε συχνά να αναπληρώσετε τεράστιες αποκλίσεις μεγέθους. Ο Έντουιν Μπίμπι έμεινε μόνο 5’04” and weighed 160 λίρες αλλά νίκησε πολλούς μεγαλύτερους παλαιστές κατά τη διάρκεια της επαγγελματικής του καριέρας στην πάλη. Ο Μπίμπι νίκησε πολλούς παλαιστές, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του γιγαντιαίου Γερμανού παλαιστή William Heygster. Ο Έντουιν Μπίμπι μπόρεσε
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Μόνο ένας άνδρας αμφισβήτησε σοβαρά τον Muldoon κατά τη διάρκεια της κυρίαρχης βασιλείας του. Ο Clarence Whistler των 165 λιβρών έδινε με συνέπεια στον Muldoon τις πιο δύσκολες προκλήσεις του. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Νοέμβριος 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Καλιφόρνια σε έναν από τους πολλούς αγώνες τους. Ο William Muldoon ήταν σχεδόν ένα κεφάλι ψηλότερος και ζύγιζε
Ο Τζο Άκτον ήταν ένας από τους καλύτερους παλαιστές της Αγγλίας κατά τον 19ο αιώνα. 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. Τελικά εξασφάλισε
Πραγματικά, 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. Το τουρνουά του Rachman επρόκειτο να ξεκινήσει την Τετάρτη
Alex Aberg defeated many notable foes in the greatest year of his professional wrestling career. Σε 1915, Aberg competed in both the Spring and Fall versions of the New York International Wrestling Tournament. Competing exclusively in his preferred style of Greco-Roman wrestling, Aberg defeated Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko and Ed “Strangler” Lewis along with a number of journeyman wrestlers.
Την Παρασκευή, Μάιος 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”, St. Louis, Μιζούρι. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 πρακτικά. 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, Νοέμβριος 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. Αυτές οι νίκες του επέτρεψαν να διεκδικήσει το Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα ελληνορωμαϊκής πάλης. Pons capitalized on this notoriety by opening a gym to train wrestlers and strong men. Pons’ η νίκη ήταν ιδιαίτερα αξιοσημείωτη λόγω