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Ġie stampat reklam f'Jannar 16, 1921 edizzjoni tal-St. Louis Post-Dispatch jirreklama kors bil-posta fuq il-Jujitsu mingħand il-Kap. Allan Smith. Kapt. Smith oriġinarjament twieled fl-Iskozja iżda kien affaxxinat b’dimostrazzjonijiet ta’ Jujitsu Ġappuniż (fil-fatt il-Judo) ra fl-Ingilterra. Smith vvjaġġa lejn il-Ġappun ma 'kumpanija u tgħallem il-Judo laħaq l-1 grad
Frank Gotch, l-boy razzett minn Humboldt, Iowa, itellef George Hackenschmidt għall-Kampjonat World Wrestling Heavyweight fl 1908. Dan ir-rebħa u telfa sussegwenti tiegħu ta ' “Hack” fil- 1911 rematch kkonsolidati post Gotch bħala wieħed mill-akbar wrestlers ta 'kull żmien. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
Filwaqt li huwa famuż għall-ġlieda kontra John L. Sullivan fl-aħħar prizefight tal-kampjonat tad-dinja kkontesta taħt ir-regoli tal-għaksa vojta, Jake Kilrain ħa sehem ukoll f’ħafna attakki bl-ingwanti. Il-ġlied tal-premjijiet kien qed jgħaddi minn regoli tal-għaksa vojta għal combats bl-ingwanti taħt ir-Regoli tal-Markiz ta' Queensberry (boxing dilettanti u professjonali kmieni) fl-aħħar tas-Seklu 19. Bħal Sullivan, Kilrain kien jiġġieled fil-maġġuri
Fuq Jannar 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. Zbyszko was a skilled
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. Il 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
Fuq Diċembru 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Madankollu, 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
Evan “Strangler” Lewis, imsejħa wkoll Evan Lewis “l-Strangler”, kien wrestler professjonali minn 1882 li 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” jew “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament
Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” 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 liri. Fil 1891, Burns bħala l-Heavyweight Champion Iowa ħa fuq JC. Comstock, l Heavyweight Champion Michigan. J.C. Comstock was
Fuq Jannar 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, ftit wrestlers Amerikani kienu saħansitra stqarrew li kienu Nogert qabel
In November 1923, St. Ir-reporter ta’ Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy intervista lil St. Louis promotur lotta John Contos. Murphy ppropona lil Contos li l-era ta' wrestlers dominanti bħal William Muldoon kienet spiċċat. Murphy tkellem dwar il-partita riċenti bejn “Champion tad-Dinja” Hardneck Phillips u l-konkorrent tal-logħba Webster O'Malley. Phillips iddefenda b'suċċess il-kampjonat tiegħu billi tefa' lil O'Malley wara 1 hour, 50