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Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
Nunha entrada no blog o mes pasado, Escribín sobre a dificultade que tiveron os promotores para organizar o partido Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard. Orixinalmente programado para Omaha, Nebraska, o Xefe de Policía de Omaha e o Comisionado de Policía estaban preocupados polo feito de que o partido se fixera previamente ou a “work”. Non querían que os xogadores fosen acollidos pola exposición. Para evitar que se produza, eles
Frank Gotch, o neno de Facenda de Humboldt, Iowa, derrotaría George Hackenschmidt ao Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight en 1908. Esta vitoria e súa derrota posterior de “Cabeza” no 1911 desquite cimentou o lugar de Gotch como un dos maiores loitadores de todos os tempos. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
En xaneiro de 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 era un hábil
O xefe de policía de Omaha H.W. Dunn creou titulares en marzo 28, 1915, cando emitiu unha orde prohibindo o anunciado combate de loita libre profesional entre Joe Stecher e Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 partido estaba programado para o Auditorio de Omaha. O xefe ditou efectivamente a orde a instancias do superintendente de Policía A.C. Kugel. Kugel emitiu unha declaración a
En decembro de 13, 1920, E “Estrangulador” Lewis derrotou a Joe Stecher polo seu World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Porén, 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
En xaneiro de 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, uns cantos loitadores estadounidenses incluso afirmaran ser Nogert antes
In November 1923, St. O xornalista do Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, entrevistou a St. O promotor de loita libre Louis John Contos. Murphy propuxo a Contos que a era dos loitadores dominantes como William Muldoon rematara. Murphy falou do recente partido entre “Campión do Mundo” Hardneck Phillips e o competidor Webster O'Malley. Phillips defendeu con éxito o seu campionato lanzando a O'Malley despois 1 hour, 50
E “Estrangulador” 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”
Stanislaus Zbyszko toured the United States in 1910 in preparation for a title match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in the year. His tour brought him to St. Louis on May 29, 1910. Zbyszko was scheduled to meet highly regarded light heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson was a skilled wrestler, who trained with St. Louis wrestler George