Aberg Tempts Gotch

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De fapt, 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. Turneul lui Rachman urma să înceapă miercuri

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Alex Aberg se întoarce în Europa

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Alex Aberg a învins mulți inamici de seamă în cel mai bun an al carierei sale de lupte profesionale. În 1915, Aberg a concurat în ambele versiuni de primăvară și toamnă ale Turneului Internațional de Lupte din New York. Concurând exclusiv în stilul său preferat de luptă greco-romană, Aberg l-a învins pe Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko și Ed “Strangler” Lewis împreună cu un număr de luptători calfe.

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George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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Vineri, Mai 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 minute. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Noiembrie 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

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Paul Pons, Filtru de Stars Lupte

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Paul Pons a fost greco-romane Lupta campion al Franței în 1890. El a câștigat un turneu la Folies Bergeres-înainte de a câștiga un turneu în Rusia în 1898. Aceste victorii i-au permis să revendice Campionatul Mondial de lupte greco-romane. Pons profitat de această notorietate prin deschiderea o sală de gimnastică pentru a luptători de tren și de oameni puternici. Pons’ victoria a fost deosebit de remarcabilă din cauza

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Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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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. După

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George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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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,

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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Septembrie 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. De ani de zile, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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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

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Muldoon Too Strong for French Wrestler

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On June 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, California. 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 și 210 pounds during his career.

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