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Alex Åberg nugalėjo daugelio žymių priešus į didžiausią metų savo futbolininko karjerą imtynių. Į 1915, Åberg varžėsi tiek pavasarį ir rudenį versijų Niujorkas Tarptautinės imtynių turnyras. Konkuruoti tik savo pageidaujamą stilių graikų-romėnų imtynių, Åberg nugalėjo Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko ir Edas “Strangler” Lewisas kartu su Journeyman imtynininkų skaičius.
Penktadienį, Gegužės 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, Misūris. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 protokolas. 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, Lapkritis 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
Paulius Pons buvo graikų-romėnų imtynių čempionas Prancūzijoje 1890. Jis laimėjo turnyrą ne Folies-Bergères iki pergalės Rusijoje turnyrą 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons kapitalizuojamos remiantis šio žinomumas atidarant salė iki traukinių imtynininkų ir stiprių vyrų. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
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. Po
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,
Rugsėjo 15, 1919, St. 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. Per metus, 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 “Alex” Aberg. 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
Birželio 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, Kalifornija. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 ir 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Kadangi gerbėjai Clarence'ą Whistlerį laikė pakankamai įgudusiu, kad iš tikrųjų keltų grėsmę jo karaliavimui, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Gegužės 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kas