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In November 1923, St. Chuir tuairisceoir Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, agallamh ar St. Louis wrestling tionscnóir John Contos. Mhol Murphy do Contos go raibh ré na wrestlers ceannasach cosúil le William Muldoon thart. Labhair Murphy faoin gcluiche le déanaí idir “Craobh an Domhain” Hardneck Phillips agus iomaitheoir an chluiche Webster O’Malley. D’éirigh le Phillips a chraobh a chosaint trí O’Malley a chaitheamh ina dhiaidh 1 hour, 50

Ed “Strangler” 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”

Ar Dé Máirt, Márta 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 agus 1920. Dr. 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. Dr.

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, a bhí 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Unfortunately, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

Is minic a fuair mé amach gurb é an dúshlán is mó maidir le taighde a dhéanamh ar choracaíocht ghairmiúil luath ná an fhíric a scaradh ó fhicsean. Fiú nuair a bhí na wrestlers san iomaíocht i gcluichí dlisteanacha, is minic a mhéadaigh siad torthaí, tógtha suas béaloideas apocryphal thart ar a mbuanna agus a chumadh scéalta grinn a mhíniú dóibh a chaillteanais. D’eascair an chogaíocht ghairmiúil as na carnabhail agus choinnigh sé instinct bolscaireachta na healaíne seo. St.

Ar Nollaig 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able

Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” ardú céime wrestling agus buille Munn do na