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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 liri. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Madankollu, 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
Fuq Lejl tal-Milied 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
Ed “Strangler” Lewis huwa wieħed mill-akbar wrestlers professjonali u ċampjins tad-dinja ta’ kull żmien. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, li Lewis beda juża bħala promoturi u wrestlers biddel il-lotta professjonali għal wirja mħejjija minn qabel jew "maħdem". Lewis oriġinarjament uża s-serratura tal-wiċċ ta 'quddiem jew iċ-ċowk tal-giljottina. L-isem ta 'Lewis Evan "Strangler" Lewis għamel il-lock tal-wiċċ ta' quddiem jew
Attwalment, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, 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. It-tournament ta’ Rachman kellu jibda nhar l-Erbgħa
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Beda lotta meta l-logħba pro kienet għadha kompetizzjoni attwali. Huwa kompla biex tkun suċċess wara l-logħba nbidlet biex maħdum (prearranged) logħbiet. Fil-fatt, ipparteċipa f’konkors ta’ rimja, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 billi jaqsam doppju lill-promoturi tiegħu.
Alex Aberg għeleb ħafna għedewwa notevoli fl-akbar sena tal-karriera tiegħu ta’ lotta professjonali. Fil 1915, Aberg ikkompetiet kemm fil-verżjonijiet tar-Rebbiegħa kif ukoll fil-Ħafa tat-Tournament Internazzjonali tal-Lotta ta’ New York. Jikkompeti esklussivament fl-istil preferut tiegħu tal-lotta Greko-Rumana, Aberg għeleb lil Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko u Ed “Strangler” Lewis flimkien ma’ numru ta’ wrestlers journeyman.
Fred Beell wrestled professjonalment minn 1900 li 1919. Wara li żviluppa reputazzjoni leġġendarja minħabba xi wħud mir-rebħiet tiegħu fuq Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod u Frank Gotch, Beell irtira hekk kif riesaq 43 sena. Il-karriera tiegħu wara l-lotta kienet twassal għall-mewt mhux mistennija tiegħu fi 57. Fred Beell għeleb odds twal biex isir wrestler professjonali kompetenti
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, l-wrestler champion dinja u weightlifter fl 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch miżmuma t-titolu għal ħames snin u defeated kollha li jkunu waslu. Fl-età relattivament żgħar ta ' 35, Gotch iddeċieda li jirtiraw. Għal aħħar logħba tiegħu, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Mejju 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 minuti. 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. Huwa użat