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Frank Gotch iddomina l-lotta Amerikana minn 1905 għall-irtirar tiegħu fi 1913. Gotch, iċ-Champion attwali tal-Heavyweight Wrestling Amerikan, rebaħ l-akbar partita fil-karriera tiegħu f’April 3, 1908. Gotch għeleb liċ-Champion attwali tal-World Heavyweight Wrestling Georg Hackenschmidt f’Chicago, Illinois. Gotch wera li kien dominanti bħala Champion tad-Dinja daqskemm kien bħala ċ-Champion Amerikan. Gotch qabel
Nhar il-Ħamis, April 29, 1909, Frank Gotch vvjaġġa lejn Memphis, Tennessee biex tiġġieled kontra l-wrestler tal-piż ħafif ħafif Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt rebaħ il-World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship taħt ismu reali, John Berg. Għalkemm il-partitarji ħasbu tajjeb fuq Berg, ma rawhx bħala theddida biex jegħleb lil Frank Gotch f’partita dritta. Biex jiżdied l-interess tal-fann
Joe Stecher lilha waqt żmien transitorju fil-lotta professjonali Amerikana. Prior to 1900, lottaturi kienu involuti primarjament f'konkorsi leġittimi għalkemm il-lottaturi kienu jaħdmu logħbiet kultant. Wara 1915, il-wrestlers kollha ħadmu l-logħbiet tagħhom. Wrestlers ġġieldu kompetizzjonijiet leġittimi biss biex isolvu tilwima promozzjonali jew biex jagħmlu double-cross. Minn 1900 li 1915, lottaturi impenjati f’taħlita ta’ logħbiet maħduma
Fuq Awissu 7, 1882, American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Edwin Bibby defended his title against English Champion Joe Acton at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The men wrestled a “catch-as-catch-can” match for the world championship. Madankollu, the public did not recognize the winner of the bout as the world champion. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight
(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: The Quest for Redemption, published on February 2, 2022.) The most important event affecting the future of Frank Gotch’s career occurred on January 11, 1911. Gotch married the former Gladys Oestrich at her parent’s home in Humboldt, Iowa. Sinjura. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which
Fuq Jannar 2, 1911, Swiss wrestler John Lemm found himself the laughingstock of professional wrestling fans and reporters. The incident occurred when Lemm wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko in Buffalo, New York. Fans considered Zbyszko the top contender for Frank Gotch’s world title. Zbyszko was a world class wrestler although more skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling than catch wrestling. Lemm was a skilled
Ottubru 20, 1920, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro Miyake, a Judo and Jujitsu black belt, in a mixed wrestling vs. jujitsu contest. After about 20 sekondi, Santel secured a half-Nelson on Miyake, lifted him off the mat and slammed Miyake to the floor. The impact knocked Miyake senseless. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back
During the early 1920s, Tex Rickard declared war on his former boxing promotional partner, Jack Curley. Curley promoted professional wrestling in New York City. He also organized promoters in large cities such as Boston and St. Louis into a wrestling trust. The trust controlled the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The trust froze out any wrestler, who refused to go along
Fil 1897, Dan McLeod għeleb lil Martin "Farmer" Burns għall-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight. Wara t-telfa, Burns ġġieled part-time hekk kif għamel tranżizzjoni fir-rwol primarju tiegħu ta 'trejner tal-lotta. Over the next 30 snin, Burns ħarreġ il-biċċa l-kbira tal-wrestlers leġittimi tal-qabda fl-Istati Uniti. Burns beda jdur fih 1899, where he would both wrestle an opponent in
This week’s post is a confession of sorts. Għal snin, I have written that Frank Gotch was the only wrestler to defeat Stanislaus Zbyszko during his initial tour of America between 1909 u 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Volum 1: 1875 li 1939; The Battle for New York – Works, Shootes and Double Crosses (link affiljat) minn