Stecher Busts a Trust Buster

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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

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Malajr irritorna Oklahoma u ħalef li qatt ma jerġa’ jpoġġi sieq il-ħabs

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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

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Jiġġieled Levinsky Jirbaħ l-Ewwel Titlu

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Ħadd ma ħa vantaġġ mill-era No Decision tal-boxing professjonali bħal Battling Levinsky. Levinsky kien boxer difensiv tas-sengħa, li ftit ħasru waqt il-ġlied tiegħu. Meta Ring Magazine staqsieh għaliex kien daqshekk attiv, kultant tieħu 3 ġlied f’ġurnata madwar New York, Levinsky qal, “Inħobb il-flus u qatt ma nweġġa’.” Levinsky kien

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Malajr irritorna Oklahoma u ħalef li qatt ma jerġa’ jpoġġi sieq il-ħabs

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(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

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Malajr irritorna Oklahoma u ħalef li qatt ma jerġa’ jpoġġi sieq il-ħabs

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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

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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

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Malajr irritorna Oklahoma u ħalef li qatt ma jerġa’ jpoġġi sieq il-ħabs

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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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Bidwi Burns Skopri lil Frank Gotch

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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

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Oldest Wrestling Film in Existence

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Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Traġikament, 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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