St. Louis Wrestler Surprises Gotch
Frank Gotch tuas cov npe ntawm America cov loj tshaj tseeb kev wrestler. Gotch competed nyob tseeb feem coob txojkev uas muaj ob peb tug tos txheej txheem ntawm los “ua haujlwm” qhov yuam kev ces muab pov tseg rau hauv cov ntse. Los ntawm 1904 los sis 1905, tsis muaj leej twg yuav yeej tuav Gotch yog tias nws pub nws.
Oscar Wassem, ib tug me nyuam. Louis Wrestler ntawm tus mus dhia ntawm lub xyoo pua
Nyob rau thaum xyoo nws cov hauj lwm, Gotch yog tsis li ntawd, hom. Nws poob qhov yuam kev rau nws saib, Martin “Ua teb” Zaus, ua ntej “cov neeg ua teb” pib kawm nws. Nws kuj poob rau tus txiv neej nws yuav nws thiaj li tuav rau American Championship Heavyweight rau 1904, Tom Jenkins. Gotch kuj tau txais ib surprise rau lub peb hlis ntuj 27, 1901 nyob rau hauv Burlington, Iowa.
Oscar Wassem yog ib tug me nyuam. Louis wrestler, leej twg yuav nws thiaj li ua rau nws txoj kev rau Omaha, Nebraska rau feem ntau ntawm nws cov hauj lwm. Wassem twb yog tus wrestling tau zus ib ntawm cov me nyuam. Louis, Missouri, unsurprisingly li, nws kos npe rau ib daim ntawv pom zoo rau qhov yus Frank Gotch. Gotch twb yog tus Iowa wrestling champ.
Thaum Wassem khoom ib impressive physique rau lub xyoo pua Twentieth thaum ntxov, nws tsuas weighed 168 phaus. Wassem twb yog ob lub middleweight los yog sib heavyweight. Gotch yog ib full-blown heavyweight rau 198 phaus.
Gotch nyob kaj siab lug ntawm ib qho yooj yim lub sij hawm thaum lawv tau ntsib, tiam sis raug tom los ntawm cov kev sib tw ntawm Wassem. Tom qab 31 feeb thiab peb caug vib nas this wrestling nyuab ua rau phiaj lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj Wassem.
Ib cov Gotch thoob li tawm los thaum pib lub caij nplooj zeeg ob. Lub caij nplooj zeeg ob nyob ruaj nws 4 feeb thiab 35 vib nas this. Tom qab tej tus ceev nawj, Gotch ntseeg nws tau nres tom tsim. Wassem tsis yog ua li cas ho.
Wassem muab Gotch 26 feeb thiab 45 vib nas this thiab ruaj rau lwm lub caij nplooj zeeg thiab phim. Wassem tam sim ntawd coj los sib tw tus kws qhia ntawv Gotch “Ua teb” Zaus rau lub middleweight championship.
Frank Gotch los ntawm cov pej xeem sau ntawv
Kuv mas yav tag los txawm sij hawm no yog tseeb raws li tus Wassem tam sid sib tw ntawm “Ua teb” Zaus. Yeej yuav muaj tau tos txheej txheem ntawm puab excitement rau ib zaus-Wassem match.
Txawm li cas los, Kuv ntseeg tias kuv no match ntawd yeej muaj tseeb. Frank Gotch yog tseem ntsuab lub sij hawm no tsuas yog ib qhov kev ob xyoos. Feem coob poj fighters kuj poob ua ntej lawv cov hauj lwm kav ntev. Cov losses shape cov txiv neej thiab cov poj niam ua poj fighters lawv.
Me lus qhia paub meej tias Oscar Wassem hnub no. Tom qab wrestling hauv St. Louis ntau xyoo, Wassem nyuam qhuav txav los rau me nyuam. Yos Xes, Missouri thiab nws thiaj li Omaha, Nebraska. Wassem yog tseem wrestling sporadically tsawg hauv 1915.
Frank Gotch tuaj mus rau yeej cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship thiab lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championships. Cov noob ntawm no yeej loj heev yog cog thaum lub Gotch thaum losses los nws tus kws qhia “Ua teb” Zaus, Tom Jenkins thiab paub me ntsis Oscar Wassem.
Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.
Gotch vs. Yog nyob rau hauv Amazon paperback thiab rau e-phau Hackenschmidt.
