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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 punt. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Mar sin féin, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, a thaistil go Meiriceá chun dul i ngleic le Frank Gotch tar éis dó an bua a fháil
Oíche Nollag 1911, Bhuail Stanislaus Zbyszko le Giovanni Raicievich i gcluiche wrestála trom a rabhthas ag súil leis. Zbyszko, a bhí i mbun feachtais le haghaidh athimeartha leis an gCraobhchomórtas Domhanda Trom-mheáchain, Frank Gotch, aontaithe le caith Ricevich 3 amanna i 90 nóiméad nó a dhearbhú an fear caillte na himeartha. Agus na fir ag dul isteach sa Madison Square Garden i gCathair Nua-Eabhrac, Zbyszko bhí go soiléir an
Ed “Strangler” Tá Lewis ar dhuine de na wrestlers gairmiúla agus na Seaimpíní domhanda is fearr riamh. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, a thosaigh Lewis ag baint úsáide as mar thionscnóirí agus wrestlers a d'aistrigh wrestling gairmiúil chuig taispeántas réamheagraithe nó “d'oibrigh”. D'úsáid Lewis an glas aghaidh tosaigh nó an choke gilitín ar dtús. Is é Evan “Strangler” Lewis a rinne an t-aghaidh tosaigh glas nó
I ndáiríre, 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. Bhí comórtas Rachman le tosú Dé Céadaoin
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Thosaigh sé wrestling nuair a bhí an cluiche pro fós comórtas iarbhír. Lean sé a bheith rathúil tar éis d'athraigh an cluiche a oibríodh (prearranged) matches. Go deimhin, ghlac sé páirt i gcomórtas shoot, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 ag trasnú dúbailte a tionscnóirí.
Chaill Alex Abergánaigh go leor naimhde suntasacha sa bhliain ba mhó dá shaol gairmiúil wrestling. In 1915, Bhí Aberberg san iomaíocht i leaganacha an Earraigh agus an Fhomhair de Chomórtas Cogaidh Idirnáisiúnta Nua-Eabhrac. Iomaíocht go heisiach ina rogha stíl wrestling Greco-Rómhánach, Bhuaigh Aberberg an Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko agus Ed “Strangler” Lewis in éineacht le roinnt wrestlers turasóirí.
Throid Fred Beell go proifisiúnta ó 1900 to 1919. Tar éis dó clú finscéalach a fhorbairt mar gheall ar chuid dá bhua ar Martin “Feirmeoir” Dónna, Dan McLeod agus Frank Gotch, Chuaigh Beell ar scor agus é ag druidim 43 bliana d'aois. Bheadh bás gan choinne mar thoradh ar a ghairm bheatha iar wrestála ag 57. D'éirigh le Fred Beell a bheith ina wrestler gairmiúil inniúil
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, an wrestler curadh domhanda agus weightlifter i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Bhí Gotch an teideal ar feadh cúig bliana agus defeated gach duine dá dtagann. Ag an aois óg de 35, Gotch cinneadh dul ar scor. Chun a chluiche deireanach, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Ar Dé hAoine, Bealtaine 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 minutes. 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. D'úsáid sé