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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 vant
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Av 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. However, 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 forble ute av rampelyset til
November 7, 1908, Charles Olson møtte “Americus” Gus Schonlein for World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Kampen viste seg å være like spennende som observatører mistenkte den ville bli, men den endte i kontrovers. Olson ble 6’01” men bare veid 170 pounds. Født Max Flaskamp i Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen i 1879, han tok 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. However, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, som reiste til Amerika for å møte Frank Gotch etter at han beseiret
On Christmas Night 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko møtte Giovanni Raicievich i en etterlengtet tungvektsbrytende kamp. Zbyszko, som var kampanje for en omkamp med verdens tungvekts brytningsmester Frank Gotch, gikk med på å kaste Raicevich 3 ganger i 90 minutter eller blir erklært taperen. Da mennene kom inn i den berømte Madison Square Garden i New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the
Og “Strangler” Lewis er en av de største profesjonelle bryterne og verdensmesterne gjennom tidene. Lewis’ signatur trekk var kvelertak, som Lewis begynte å bruke som promotører og brytere, overførte profesjonell bryting til en forhåndsarrangert eller "arbeidet" utstilling. Lewis brukte opprinnelig frontansiktslåsen eller giljotinen choke. Lewis’ navnebror Evan “Strangler” Lewis laget frontansiktet låst eller
Egentlig, 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. Rachman’s tournament was to start Wednesday
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Han begynte bryting når pro spillet var fortsatt en faktisk konkurranse. Han fortsatte å være vellykket etter kampen endret til worked (prearranged) fyrstikker. Faktisk, han deltok i en skytekonkurranse, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 ved å krysse promotørene hans.