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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pounds. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Men, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, der rejste til Amerika for at tage imod Frank Gotch, efter at han havde besejret
Julenat 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko mødte Giovanni Raicievich i en længe ventet sværvægtsbrydningskamp. Zbyszko, som kæmpede for en omkamp med verdensmester i sværvægtsbrydning Frank Gotch, gik med til at smide Raicevich 3 gange ind 90 minutter eller blive erklæret som taber. Da mændene trådte ind i den berømte Madison Square Garden i New York City, Zbyszko var tydeligvis den
Ed “Strangler” Lewis is one of the greatest professional wrestlers and world champions of all time. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, which Lewis started using as promoters and wrestlers transitioned professional wrestling to a prearranged or “worked” exhibition. Lewis originally used the front face lock or guillotine choke. Lewis’ namesake Evan “Strangler” Lewis made the front face lock or
Faktisk, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachmans turnering skulle starte onsdag
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Han begyndte brydning når pro spillet var stadig en egentlig konkurrence. Han fortsatte med at være en succes efter kampen ændret til bearbejdet (prearranged) tændstikker. Faktisk, han deltog i en skydekonkurrence, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 ved at krydse sine promotorer.
Alex Aberg besejrede mange bemærkelsesværdige fjender i det største år af sin professionelle brydningskarriere. I 1915, Aberg konkurrerede i både forårs- og efterårsversionen af New York International Wrestling Tournament. Konkurrer udelukkende i hans foretrukne stil med græsk-romersk brydning, Aberg besejrede Dr.. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko og Ed “Strangler” Lewis sammen med en række svendebrydere.
Fred Beell kæmpede professionelt fra 1900 til 1919. Efter at have udviklet et legendarisk ry på grund af nogle af hans sejre over Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod og Frank Gotch, Beell trak sig tilbage, da han nærmede sig 43 år. Hans postwrestling-karriere ville føre til hans uventede død kl 57. Fred Beell overvandt lange odds for at blive en kompetent professionel wrestler
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, verdensmester wrestler og vægtløfter i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch holdt titlen i fem år og besejrede alle udfordrere. På den relativt unge alder af 35, Gotch besluttet at gå på pension. For hans sidste kamp, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
På fredag, Maj 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutter. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Han brugte