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” 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

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Stecher premaga Westergaarda v Lincolnu

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V objavi v blogu prejšnji mesec, Pisal sem o težavah, ki so jih imeli promotorji pri pripravi dvoboja Joe Stecher proti Jess Westergaard. Prvotno načrtovano za Omaho, Nebraska, načelnik policije Omaha in policijski komisar sta bila zaskrbljena, da je bila tekma vnaprej dogovorjena ali a “work”. Niso želeli, da bi razstava prevzela hazarderje. Da bi preprečili ta pojav, oni

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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Januarja 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 je bil spreten

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Policijski načelnik prepreči rokoborbo

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Vodja policije Omaha H.W. Dunn je marca ustvaril naslovnice 28, 1915, ko je izdal odredbo o prepovedi oglaševane profesionalne rokoborbe med Joejem Stecherjem in Jessom Westergaardom. The April 6, 1915 tekma je bila na sporedu v dvorani Omaha Auditorium. Šef je dejansko izdal ukaz na ukaz policijskega nadzornika A.C. Kugel. Kugel je podal izjavo za

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Stecher in Zbyszko popoln dogovor

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Decembra 13, 1920, In “Strangler” Lewis je premagal Joeja Stecherja za naslov svetovnega prvaka v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Vendar, 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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Januarja 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, nekaj ameriških rokoborcev je pred tem celo trdilo, da so Nogert

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Spreminjanje okusov

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In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times novinar Billy Murphy je intervjuval St. Louisov rokoborski promotor John Contos. Murphy je Contosu predlagal, da je obdobja dominantnih rokoborcev, kot je William Muldoon, konec. Murphy je spregovoril o nedavni tekmi med “Svetovni prvak” Hardneck Phillips in tekmec v igri Webster O'Malley. Phillips je uspešno ubranil svoje prvenstvo, tako da je za njim vrgel O'Malleyja 1 hour, 50

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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In “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 sreča Charleyja Olsona

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Stanislaus Zbyszko je bil na turneji po Združenih državah Amerike 1910 v pripravah na dvoboj za naslov s svetovnim prvakom v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Frankom Gotchom kasneje v tem letu. Njegova turneja ga je pripeljala v St. Louis maja 29, 1910. Zbyszko se je moral srečati z zelo cenjenim grapplerjem v lahki težki kategoriji Charleyjem Olsonom. Olson je bil spreten rokoborec, ki je treniral pri sv. Louis rokoborec George

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