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Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 minutter. Beell vandt
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “arbejdet” matches thrown in the mix. Ved 1904 eller 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Men, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Oktober 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Championship men forblev ude af rampelyset indtil
På November 7, 1908, Charles Olson mødte “Americus” Gus Schonlein til World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Kampen viste sig at være lige så spændende, som observatører havde mistanke om, den ville være, men den endte i kontrovers. Olson blev 6’01” men vejede kun 170 pounds. Født Max Flaskamp i Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen i 1879, han tog navnet Charles eller Charley Olson
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 er en af de største professionelle wrestlere og verdensmestre gennem tiderne. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, som Lewis begyndte at bruge som promotorer og wrestlere, overførte professionel brydning til en forudaftalt eller "arbejdet" udstilling. Lewis brugte oprindeligt front face lock eller guillotine choker. 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.