Stecher Busts a Trust Buster

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Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. Sonra 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Etibarən 1900 qədər 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches

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İngilislər Amerika titulu uğrunda güləşirlər

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Avqust 7, 1882, Amerikalı ağır çəkidə güləş çempionu Edvin Bibbi Nyu Yorkdakı Madison Square Garden meydanında İngiltərə çempionu Co Aktona qarşı titulunu qorudu.. Kişilər dünya çempionatı üçün "bacardıqca tutmaq" matçında güləşdilər. Lakin, ictimaiyyət döyüşün qalibini dünya çempionu kimi tanımırdı. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight

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Frank Gotch Marries

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(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Azarkeşlər Qotçun Hackenschmidt və Yussuf Mahmudt kimi güclü reputasiyası olan əcnəbi güləşçiləri görüblər., 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. Mehriban. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which

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John Lemm Gets a Second Chance

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Yanvar 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

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The Original Trust Buster

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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

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Fermer Burns Frank Gotch-i kəşf edir

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Ilə 1897, Dan McLeod beat Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. After the defeat, Burns wrestled part-time as he transitioned into his primary role of wrestling trainer. Over the next 30 il, Burns trained most of the legitimate catch wrestlers in the United States. Burns began touring in 1899, where he would both wrestle an opponent in

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Mövcud olan ən qədim güləş filmi

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Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Faciəvi, promoters filmed the biggest matches of the 1910s and 1920s including the second Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt match, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne “Big” Munn, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match

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