מחבר: קן צימרמן ג'וניור.

פרנק Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, איווה, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

On January 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. זביסקו היה מיומן

Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

בדצמבר 13, 1920, <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 defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. אולם, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud

אוון “<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "976" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "52" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "” לואיס, המכונה גם אוון לואיס “החונק”, היה מתאבק מקצועי מ 1882 <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "787" = bbox_w "796" = bbox_h "12" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " 1899. לואיס היה האלוף אמריקאי הראשונה במשקל כבד לתפוס-כתפוס יכול היאבקות. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” או “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. לואיס ערך את הופעת הבכורה המקצועית שלו על ידי זוכה 64 man tournament

סנונית “חקלאי” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “חקלאי” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 קילו. בתוך 1891, ברנס כבמשקל הכבד האלוף איווה לקח על JC. קומסטוק, במשקל כבד אלוף מישיגן. J.C. Comstock was

On January 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, כמה מתאבקים אמריקאים אפילו טענו שיש Nogert לפני

In November 1923, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". כתב לואי סטאר-טיימס בילי מרפי ראיין את סנט. מקדם ההיאבקות של לואי ג'ון קונטוס. מרפי הציע לקונטוס כי תם עידן המתאבקים הדומיננטי כמו ויליאם מולדון. מרפי דיבר על ההתמודדות האחרונה בין “אלוף עולם” הארדנק פיליפס ומתמודד המשחק וובסטר אומלי. פיליפס הגן בהצלחה על האליפות שלו כשזרק את או'אמלי אחרי 1 hour, 50