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Innlegg om gresk-romerske brytekamper og andre brytestiler som krage-og-albuebryting, sidehold bryting, Cornish bryting, etc..
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. 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
I kampsport, en god stor mann slår vanligvis en god liten mann. Hvis du er flott, du kan ofte kompensere for store størrelsesavvik. Edwin Bibby ble bare 5’04” og veide 160 pund, men beseiret mange større brytere i løpet av sin profesjonelle brytekarriere. Bibby beseiret mange brytere inkludert den gigantiske tyske bryteren William Heygster. Edwin Bibby var i stand
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Bare én mann utfordret Muldoon seriøst under hans dominerende regjeringstid. Clarence Whistler på 165 pund ga Muldoon konsekvent de tøffeste utfordringene. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California i en av deres flere kamper. William Muldoon var nesten et hode høyere og veide
Joe Acton var en av Englands beste brytere på 1800-tallet. 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. He finally secured
Egentlig, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, 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. Rachman’s tournament was to start Wednesday
Alex Aberg beseiret mange bemerkelsesverdige fiender i det største året i sin profesjonelle brytekarriere. I 1915, Aberg konkurrerte i både vår- og høstversjonen av New York International Wrestling Tournament. Konkurrerer utelukkende i sin foretrukne stil med gresk-romersk bryting, Aberg beseiret Dr.. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko og Ed “Strangler” Lewis sammen med en rekke svennebrytere.
På fredag, May 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, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutter. 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, November 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 var den gresk-romersk bryting Champion i Frankrike på 1890-tallet. Han vant en turnering på Folies-Bergeres før de vant en turnering i Russland i 1898. Disse seirene tillot ham å kreve verdensmesterskapet i gresk-romersk bryting. Pons kapitalisert på denne beryktet ved å åpne et treningsstudio for å trene fribrytere og sterke menn. Pons’ seieren var spesielt bemerkelsesverdig pga