You may not have heard of him, but George Hackenschmidt is considered as the pioneer of bodybuilding. But aside from his weightlifting efforts, Hackenschmidt was the first recognised World Heavyweight ...

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U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt once stated, "If I wasn't president of the United States, I would like to be George Hackenschmidt." That is the type of respect that the grappler known as “The ...

Documents one of the most important wrestling matches of the early 20th century between the legendary Estonian strongman Georg Hackenschmidt and the American Joe Rogers. Originally filmed in February ...

A hundred years ago on September 4th 1911, the biggest rematch of the time in Professional Wrestling would take place in Comiskey Ball Park, Chicago, Illinois. Frank Gotch, a wiry farmboy from Iowa ...

Yes, way back in 1911, screwjobs were already being pulled on major talents. Except, this time around, it wasn't a promoter responsible. It was one of the wrestlers themselves. Frank Gotch was set to ...

Broderick Chow receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to pursue the two-year Leadership Fellows project Dynamic Tensions: New Masculinities in the Performance of Fitness. The ...

Hackenschmidt: Genau das ist der Punkt. Wie eingangs erwähnt, einerseits die Unternehmen, die durch Werbung und andere Maßnahmen diese Suppe am Köcheln halten. Das funktioniert sogar mit Kopien.