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לאחר שהתחתן עם אשתו גלדיס והיכה את גיאורג האקנשמידט בפעם השנייה, שניהם ב 1911, אלוף העולם בהיאבקות במשקל כבד פרנק גוטץ' החל להיאבק בלוח זמנים מצומצם יותר. אשתו גלדיס לא הייתה מעריצה גדולה של היאבקות ורצתה שבעלה החדש יבלה יותר זמן בבית בהומבולדט, איווה. בעולם ההיאבקות דאז,
Clarence Whistler was born in Indiana during 1856. While standing only 5’09” or so and weighing 165 קילו, Whistler was considered one of the most powerful wrestlers of his era. Whistler was the only wrestler able to give William Muldoon a hard time during Muldoon’s 9-year run as World Champion. Whistler primarily competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, the dominant style in
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, כשהם עצרו בבית
On May 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, ניו יורק. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American
Leading into his January 24, 1921 title match with former world champion Earl Caddock, אלופת ההיאבקות במשקל כבד אד “<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "976" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "52" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "” Lewis was reputed to have injured his previous two opponents, Wladek Zbyszko and Joe Stecher, with his headlock. Lewis would use the headlock to hip toss his opponent to the floor. Zbyszko was knocked senseless, when his head hit the
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, סנונית “חקלאי” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 קילו, “חקלאי” Burns stood 5’11” to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Burns debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, one
באפריל 21, 1884, דאנקן סי. רוס פגש את סוראקיצ'י מצודה, ידוע גם בשם מצדה, המתאבק המקצועי היפני הראשון בארצות הברית. מצודה היגר לארצות הברית כדי להמשיך את חלומו להיות מתאבק מקצועי מכיוון שהוא לא היה ממש ביפן באותה תקופה.. 28-דאנקן רוס בן השנה נולד בטורקיה ממוצא סקוטי במארס
On St. Patrick’s Day, מרץ 17, 1905, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans מטביעה
<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "952" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "16" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " “<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "976" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "52" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "” Lewis enjoyed one of the most successful careers in professional wrestling. Although Lewis wrestled in mostly staged exhibitions, he possessed legitimate wrestling skills. Future protege Lou Thesz said many times Lewis could beat any wrestler at any time, so he was the ideal world champion in the modern era of prearranged matches. אולם, early in his career, לואיס
At the end of December 1916, a strange event occurred. ג'ון פ. Olin, a local Massachusetts wrestler, won a match with the current World Champion Joe Stecher. The referee declared Olin the winner after Stecher walked away from the match. Before the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) made changes to the rules in the 1950s, championships changed hands through disqualification or