Masked Marvel Throws Berner

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Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. 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

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Stecher Jegħleb lil Westergaard f’Lincoln

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Fil-blog post ix-xahar li għadda, Ktibt dwar id-diffikultà li kellhom il-promoturi biex itellgħu l-partita Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard. Oriġinarjament skedat għal Omaha, Nebraska, il-Kap tal-Pulizija ta ’Omaha u l-Kummissarju tal-Pulizija kienu mħassba dwar il-partita li ġiet organizzata minn qabel jew “work”. Huma ma ridux li l-lagħba jittieħdu mill-wirja. Biex tevita din l-okkorrenza, huma

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Frank Gotch tħallas id-drittijiet tiegħu

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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

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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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

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Police Chief Prevents Wrestling Match

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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

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Stecher and Zbyszko Complete Deal

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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

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Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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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

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Nibdlu l-Gosti

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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

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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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”

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Jiltaqa' ma' Charley Olson

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Stanislaus Zbyszko daret l-Istati Uniti fi 1910 bi tħejjija għal logħba għat-titlu maċ-Champion Dinji tal-Lotta tal-Piż Tqil Frank Gotch aktar tard matul is-sena. Il-mawra tiegħu ġabuh St. Louis f'Mejju 29, 1910. Zbyszko kien skedat li jiltaqa' mal-grappler ta' piż tqil ħfief meqjus ħafna Charley Olson. Olson kien wrestler tas-sengħa, li tħarreġ ma’ St. Louis wrestler George

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