Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

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In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, che era

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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Giovedi ', Gennaio 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins ha difeso il suo campionato americano di wrestling contro un wrestler emergente dell'Iowa. After the first fall, i tifosi si sono resi conto che era la partita più dura del c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins aveva sconfitto Gotch

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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Nel mese di gennaio 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” 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.

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Paul Pons, Creatore di Wrestling Stars

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Paolo Pons è stato il campione di wrestling greco-romana di Francia nel 1890. Ha vinto un torneo al Folies-Bergeres, prima di vincere un torneo in Russia nel 1898. Queste vittorie gli hanno permesso di rivendicare il campionato mondiale di lotta greco-romana. Pons capitalizzato su questa notorietà aprendo una palestra di lottatori treni e uomini forti. Pons’ la vittoria è stata particolarmente notevole a causa di

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Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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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. Dopo

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

Giorgio Battista

In late 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 “Agricoltore” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Tuttavia, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Da 1902, George

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. 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

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Il Sabato, Novembre 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 verbale. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem posseduto

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

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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

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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Il Wrestling Torneo Internazionale avvenuto in due fasi tra maggio 19, 1915 e dicembre 31, 1915. Cinquanta lottatori sarebbero competere nella prima fase del torneo tra cui il campione del mondo greco-romano Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. La seconda parte ha avuto 40 lottatori, tra cui e provenienti stella Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Il

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