Charley Olson slår russisk

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Frank J. Quinn, en lokal St. Louis advokat, fungerte som manager for profesjonelle brytere George Baptise, Charley Olson og Fred Beell. Opprinnelig en beundrer av George Baptiste, som var en legende i St. Louis-området rundt Cook og Vandeventer Avenues. Baptiste ville ansette Quinn som sin krybbe og senere advokat for telt- og forteltfirmaet hans. During his

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Masked Marvel To The Rescue

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Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rachmanns plan for å etablere Aberg gikk som planlagt etter at turneringen startet

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Burns Denies Association med Stecher

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In early 1916, Martin “Farmer” Burns, som trente og ledet Frank Gotch til World Heavyweight Championship, begynte å benekte at han utviklet den nåværende amerikanske tungvektsmesteren Joe Stecher. Påstanden virket rar fordi Burns hadde jobbet med Stecher i flere år. Burns hjalp til med å forberede Stecher til mesterskapskampen hans med Charlie Cutler inn 1915. På en måte, hva brenner

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Pesek Palm Strikes Rickard fra Wrestling

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På slutten av 1910-tallet, profesjonelle brytere booket brytere i arbeidede eller forhåndsarrangerte brytekamper. Occasionally, vanligvis som et resultat av et dobbeltkryss, fans ville se en faktisk konkurranse eller “shoot” kamp mellom bryterne. En av disse kampene skjedde sent 1921 og oppsto fra en feide mellom Tex Rickard, først og fremst en boksepromoter, og Jack

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Belief No Longer Suspended

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Desember 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann

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Lurich Throws Losson

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Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, i Gotchs siste

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Belgisk bloodies tysk Wrestler Nese

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Mai 21, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament began in New York. Samuel Rachman promoted the event as a way to showcase European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman believed Aberg was the natural successor to World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, who retired in 1913. On the first day of the tournament, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up

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Zbyszko Knocks Out Greek Wrestler

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Juni 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.

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Wladek Zbyszko Beats Strangler for Title

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På Mars 22, 1919, Og “Strangler” Lewis møtte Wladek Zbyszko for den ledige Verden tungvekt Wrestling Championship. I en overraskelse seier, Zbyszko beseiret Lewis å kreve tittelen. Dessverre for Wladek Zbyszko, han ville bare ta en kopp kaffe med beltet. En måned eller to senere, Zbyszko mistet tittelen til Joe Stetcher. This match was most likely

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