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У канцы 1909, Станіслава Zbyszko адправіўся ў Злучаныя Штаты, каб кінуць выклік свету ў суперцяжкай чэмпіён па вольнай барацьбе Фрэнк Готч. Да сустрэчы Готчем, Zbyszko турнэ па Злучаных Штатах і змагаліся шмат мясцовых змагароў на працягу ранняй часткі 1910. Zbyszko будзе падарожнічаць 37,000 міль. У пачатку свайго турнэ, Zbyszko сустрэўся Фрэнк Готч ў Гандыкапы матчы. Zbyszko паражэнне Готчем, who was
У чацвер, Студзеня 27, 1904, Том Джэнкінс абараніў свой тытул чэмпіёна Амерыкі па барацьбе супраць перспектыўнага змагара з Аёвы. After the first fall, заўзятары зразумелі, што гэта быў самы цяжкі матч з Фрэнкам Элвінам Готчам, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Джэнкінс перамог Готча
У студзені 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Душыцель” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons was the Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion of France in the 1890s. He won a tournament at the Folies-Bergeres before winning a tournament in Russia in 1898. Гэтыя перамогі дазволілі яму прэтэндаваць на чэмпіянат свету па грэка-рымскай барацьбе. Pons capitalized on this notoriety by opening a gym to train wrestlers and strong men. Pons’ Перамога была асабліва значнай з-за
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Пасля
У канцы 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Фермер” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Аднак, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Луіс, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Па 1902, George
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Алекс” Аберг. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
У суботу, Лістапада 25, 1899, Вуліца. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 хвілін. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Луіс’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Васем апантаны
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
Міжнародны турнір па вольнай барацьбе адбылася ў два этапы ў перыяд з мая 19, 1915 і снежань 31, 1915. Пяцьдзесят змагары будуць канкураваць на першым этапе турніру ў тым ліку сусветны грэка-рымскай Чэмпіён Аляксандр “Алекс” Аберг. Другі ўнёсак быў 40 змагары у тым ліку і бліжэйшыя зоркі Эду “Душыцель” Люіс, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The