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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Shikat overrasker O'Mahony og promotører

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Jeg skriver dette innlegget for å rette opp et tidligere innlegg jeg skrev om dobbeltkryss i profesjonell bryting. Jeg trodde opprinnelig dobbeltkryss tok slutt etter at Stanislaus Zybszko dobbeltkrysset Gold Dust Trio. Zbyszko, etter å ha gått med på å tape for Munn, beseiret ham i det som ble en legitim konkurranse for verdensmesterskapet i tungvekt. Og “Strangler” Lewis, som droppet

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Zbyszko Beats Aberg for Title

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On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in

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Andre Gotch-Hack-kamp

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Jeg skrev dette innlegget på grunn av en samtale jeg ble tagget i på Twitter om 1911 omkamp mellom Frank Gotch og Georg Hackenschmidt for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Jim Cornette, som i tillegg til å være en av de beste lederne innen profesjonell bryting, er også en kjent proff brytinghistoriker, snakket om dobbeltkrysset i den andre Gotch-Hack-kampen

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Hack Accuses Americans of Faking

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Når “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, known as “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt vant verdensmesterskapet i gresk-romersk

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