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Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, etj.
Alex Aberg mundi shumë armiqtë dukshëm në vitin më të madhe të karrierës së tij profesionale mundje. Në 1915, Aberg konkurroi në dy pranverë dhe vjeshtë versionet e Mundjes New York International Turneun. Konkurrojnë ekskluzivisht në stilin e tij të preferuar të mundjes greko-romake, Aberg mundi Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko dhe Ed “Strangler” Lewis së bashku me një numër mundësish mjeshtërish.
Të premten, Maj 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, Misuri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minuta. 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, Nëntor 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 ishte kampion mundje greko-romake i Francës në vitet 1890. Ai fitoi një turne në Folies-Bergeres para se të fituar një turne në Rusi në 1898. Këto fitore e lejuan atë të pretendonte Kampionatin Botëror të Mundjes Greko-Romake. Pons kapitalizuar mbi këtë famë duke hapur një palestër për mundësit e trenit dhe burrave të fortë. Pons’ fitorja ishte veçanërisht e jashtëzakonshme për shkak të
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. Pas
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,
Në shtator 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. Për vite, 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
Në datën 4, 1883, Mundje greko-romake Botëror Heavyweight Champion William Muldoon përball mundës të aftë francez Jules RIGAL në San Francisko, Kaliforni. Kur mundësit zhveshur në trungjet e tyre për këtë ndeshje, kjo ishte fuqia e dukshme Muldoon do të provojë një sfidë të madhe për RIGAL. Muldoon qëndroi rreth 6 metra i gjatë dhe peshonte ndërmjet 193 dhe 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Në maj 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, që