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اوان “<طول bbox_x = "976" bbox_y = "1956" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = "” لوئیس, اوان لوئیس نیز نامیده می شود “خفه”, یک کشتی گیر حرفه ای از بود 1882 به 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” یا “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament

ادم گول خور “کشاورز” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “کشاورز” برنز یک کشتی گیر بزرگی در حق خود او بود. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 پوند. <طول bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1473" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = " 1891, برنز به عنوان آیووا قهرمان سنگین وزن در JC در زمان. Comstock, میشیگان قهرمان سنگین وزن. J.C. Comstock was

ژانویه 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, چند کشتی گیر آمریکایی حتی قبلاً ادعا کرده بودند که نوگرت هستند

In November 1923, خیابان. بیلی مورفی ، خبرنگار لوئی استار تایمز با سنت مصاحبه کرد. جان Contos ، مروج کشتی گیر لویی. مورفی به کانتوس پیشنهاد داد که دوران کشتی گیران غالب مانند ویلیام مالتون به پایان رسیده است. مورفی در مورد مسابقه اخیر این تیم صحبت کرد “قهرمان جهان” هاردنک فیلیپس و مدافع بازی Webster O’Malley. فیلیپس با پرتاب O'Malley با موفقیت از قهرمانی خود دفاع کرد 1 hour, 50

<طول bbox_x = "952" bbox_y = "1956" bbox_w = "16" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = " “<طول bbox_x = "976" bbox_y = "1956" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = "” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

روز سه شنبه, مارس 22, 1910, دکتر. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 و 1920. دکتر. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. دکتر.