Wrestling
Happy Humphrey, Heaviest Pro Wrestler of All Time
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 18, 2020 -
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Category: Body, Dieting and Weight Loss, Differently Abled, Handicapped, Challenged, and Otherwise Atypical, Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, World Records, Wrestling, Twentieth Century
Conehead Sumo Wrestlers
1994: The Japan Sumo Association finally got around to banning the practice, apparently quite common among young sumo wrestlers, of implanting lumps of silicone beneath their scalp in order to meet the minimum height requirement of 5 feet 8 inches. The Association probably wouldn't have done anything if they hadn't become embarrassed by media reports of conehead wrestlers.Before the silicone technique became popular, some wrestlers used to hit themselves on top of their head to raise large bumps before being measured.
Morristown Daily Record - July 13, 1994
Sumo wrestler Mainoumi, before and after scalp implant
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 27, 2017 -
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Category: Sports, Wrestling, 1990s
Lord Littlebrook, RIP
Obituary here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 14, 2016 -
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Category: Entertainment, Human Marvels, Wrestling, 1980s, 1990s
Victor the Wrestling Bear
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 13, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Wrestling, 1970s
El Santo vs. la Invasion de los Marcianos
I regret that I cannot find English-language versions for you. But the visuals are everything.
Complete film below. Wikipedia page for Santo.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 25, 2015 -
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Category: Aliens, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Movies, Wrestling, Foreign Customs, Science Fiction, 1960s
Midget Wrestling
I don't follow contemporary wrestling, but some cursory googling seems to reveal that there are still "little people" active in the sport.
But nothing like these glory days, I imagine...
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 07, 2014 -
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Category: Little People, Wrestling, 1950s, Europe
East German Rally, 1950
"Rally posters contrast U.S. girl wrestlers with pure and healthful communistic sports."I wonder how many people at this rally were thinking that the U.S. girl wrestling looks a lot more fun.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 20, 2013 -
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Category: Sports, Wrestling, 1950s
Octopus Wrestling
According to wikipedia, octopus wrestling "involves a diver grappling with a large octopus in shallow water and dragging it to the surface."Popular Mechanics (May 1966) provides some more details:
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 23, 2013 -
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Category: Sports, Wrestling, 1960s
Patrick O’Connor, Wrestler and Artist
There aren't that many people who seriously pursue art and wrestling at the same time, but Patrick O'Connor was one of them. Back in the 1940s, he was heavyweight wrestling champion of Ireland, but also had a Greenwich Village art studio. He was an artist of the "conservative Realist and Romantic school." Apparently he viewed art as his true passion. Wrestling was just a way to make money. From The Evening Independent, Sep. 9, 1944:Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any examples of his art, except for the ones that can be seen behind him in the pictures below. O'Connor is the one with the beard. The pictures were taken in his art studio.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 02, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Sports, Wrestling, 1940s
Over The Top
Best--if only--movie about arm-wrestling ever? Watch the trailer, then the whole thing, then decide.
Or save a painful 90 minutes by reading this review.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 16, 2012 -
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Category: Family, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Wrestling, 1980s
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