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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nicknamed 'The Russian Lion' and born in 1877 Estonia, Hackenschmidt's talents extended beyond lifting: he was fluent in seven ...

Mary Hackenschmidt, 90, of Ashford, died on Tuesday (August 19, 2003) at home. She was the widow of Robert Hackenschmidt. Mary was born on January 22, 1913 in Perth Amboy, NJ, the daughter of Lydia ...

In the wake of Brock Lesnar’s win over Frank Mir at UFC 100 we are experiencing a focus on personality and theatrics in the fight game. Rather than allow this to simply be passed over as a product of ...

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 ...

In 1936 the wrestling business would be exposed, but unlike the Montreal Screwjob that helped the industry, this one almost destroyed wrestling inside Madison Square Garden. Danno O’Mahoney was a huge ...

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 ...

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 ...