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 Beats Westergaard sa Lincoln

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Sa isang blog post noong nakaraang buwan, Sumulat ako tungkol sa paghihirap ng mga tagapagtaguyod sa pagtatanghal ng tugma na Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard. Orihinal na naka-iskedyul para sa Omaha, Nebraska, ang Omaha Chief of Police at Police Commissioner ay nag-aalala tungkol sa laban na inaayos o a “work”. Hindi nila ginusto ang mga sugarol na dalhin sa eksibisyon. Upang maiwasan ang paglitaw na ito, sila

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Frank Gotch nagbabayad Kanyang Dues

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Frank Gotch, ang batang lalaki sakahan mula sa Humboldt, Iowa, Gusto talunin George Hackenschmidt para sa World matimbang Wrestling Championship sa 1908. Ang tagumpay at ang kanyang mga kasunod na pagkatalo ng “Pataga” sa 1911 rematch cemented lugar Gotch bilang isa sa mga pinakadakilang wrestlers sa lahat ng oras. 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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Sa Enero 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. Si Zbyszko ay isang sanay

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Pinipigilan ng Hepe ng Pulisya ang Wrestling Match

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Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Gumawa si Dunn ng mga headline noong Marso 28, 1915, nang maglabas siya ng utos na nagbabawal sa ina-advertise na professional wrestling match sa pagitan nina Joe Stecher at Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 ang laban ay naka-iskedyul para sa Omaha Auditorium. Talagang naglabas ng kautusan ang hepe sa utos ng Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Naglabas ng pahayag si Kugel kay

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Stecher at Zbyszko Kumpletong Deal

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Sa December 13, 1920, At “Strangler” Tinalo ni Lewis si Joe Stecher para sa kanyang World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Gayunman, 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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Sa Enero 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, ilang American wrestlers pa nga ang nagsabing sila si Nogert noon

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Pagbabago ng Panlasa

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In November 1923, St. Ang reporter ng Louis Star-Times na si Billy Murphy ay nakapanayam ng St. Louis wrestling promoter na si John Contos. Iminungkahi ni Murphy kay Contos na tapos na ang panahon ng mga nangingibabaw na wrestler tulad ni William Muldoon. Nagsalita si Murphy tungkol sa kamakailang laban sa pagitan “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips at ang game contender na si Webster O'Malley. Matagumpay na naipagtanggol ni Phillips ang kanyang kampeonato sa pamamagitan ng paghagis kay O'Malley pagkatapos 1 hour, 50

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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At “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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Nakilala ni Stanislaus Zbyszko si Charley Olson

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Si Stanislaus Zbyszko ay naglibot sa Estados Unidos sa 1910 bilang paghahanda para sa isang title match kay World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch sa bandang huli ng taon. Dinala siya ng kanyang paglilibot sa St. Louis noong Mayo 29, 1910. Si Zbyszko ay nakatakdang makipagkita sa mataas na itinuturing na light heavyweight grappler na si Charley Olson. Si Olson ay isang bihasang wrestler, na nagsanay sa St. Louis wrestler na si George

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