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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, qui
Die Jovis, January 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defended his American Wrestling Championship against an up-and-coming wrestler from Iowa. Post lapsum primi, the fans realized it was the toughest match of the c Frank Alvin Gotch, de Humboldt, Iowa puer fundum qui percusseritis Georg Hackenschmidt in in Mundus risus Heavyweight 1908, Imago eius’ Aemulator. Jenkins had defeated Gotch’s
In January 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangulatam” 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.
Paulus Pons erat in litteris Graecis et Romanis Champion Francorum palaestrica in 1890s. Ipse victorem a tournament in Folies, Bergeres coram rege privatus in Russia in tournament 1898. Hae victoriae ei permiserunt ut Championship Luctationem Graeco-Romanam vindicaret. Pons capitalized in hac aperta gym dum enim in ordine est, et viri fortes athletas. Pons’ victoria maxime insignis
Cum 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. Postquam
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 “Agricola” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Autem, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Ludovicus, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. By 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 “Alex” Åberg. 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
Die Saturni, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutes. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Ludovicus’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem habiti
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
Et factum est in duobus temporibus LUDUS International palaestrica inter May 19, 1915 et December 31, 1915. Et quinquaginta in certamen luctandi esset primum et exspoliatus nec Mundus Champion Graeco-Romanae Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. Secundum autem quod praesenti 40 athletas quoque, et venit Stella Ed “Strangulatam” Lewis, qui quondam in a tournament in mense Novembris 22, 1915. In