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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 funti. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Međutim, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated
U Božićnoj noći 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the
I “Davitelj” Lewis je jedan od najvećih profesionalnih hrvača i svjetskih prvaka svih vremena. Klin dizač’ signature move was the stranglehold, koje je Lewis počeo koristiti kao promotore i hrvače prebacio je profesionalno hrvanje na unaprijed dogovorenu ili "odrađenu" egzibiciju. Lewis je izvorno koristio bravu s prednje strane ili giljotinsku prigušnicu. Lewisov imenjak Evan "Strangler" Lewis napravio je prednju bravu ili
Zapravo, 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. Rachmanov turnir trebao je početi u srijedu
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Počeo je hrvanje, kada pro igra je još uvijek stvarna konkurencija. On je i dalje bio uspješan nakon igre promijenjen u obrađenim (prearranged) šibice. Zapravo, sudjelovao je u streljačkom natjecanju, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 prevarivši svoje promotore.
Alex Aberg pobijedio je mnoge poznate protivnike u najboljoj godini svoje profesionalne hrvačke karijere. U 1915, Aberg se natjecao u proljetnoj i jesenskoj verziji New York International Wrestling Tournamenta. Natječe se isključivo u stilu grčko-rimskog hrvanja koji preferira, Aberg je pobijedio Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko i Ed “Davitelj” Lewis zajedno s brojnim hrvačima kalfama.
Fred Beell se profesionalno borio iz 1900 to 1919. Nakon što je stekao legendarnu reputaciju zbog nekih svojih pobjeda nad Martinom “Seljak” Burns, Dan McLeod i Frank Gotch, Beell se povukao čim se približio 43 godina. Njegova karijera nakon hrvanja dovela bi do njegove neočekivane smrti u 57. Fred Beell prevladao je velike probleme kako bi postao kompetentan profesionalni hrvač
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, svjetski prvak hrvač i dizač utega u 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch održan naslov za pet godina, a poraženi sve comers. U relativno mladoj dobi 35, Gotch odlučio otići u mirovinu. Na svojoj posljednjoj utakmici, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
U petak, Svibanj 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 zapisnik. 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. Koristio je