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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, kuris buvo
On Thursday, Sausis 27, 1904, Tomas Jenkinsas apgynė savo Amerikos imtynių čempionatą prieš ateinantį imtynininką iš Ajovos. After the first fall, sirgaliai suprato, kad tai buvo sunkiausios Franko Alvino Gotcho rungtynės, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkinsas nugalėjo Gotchą
Sausio 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.
Paulius Pons buvo graikų-romėnų imtynių čempionas Prancūzijoje 1890. Jis laimėjo turnyrą ne Folies-Bergères iki pergalės Rusijoje turnyrą 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons kapitalizuojamos remiantis šio žinomumas atidarant salė iki traukinių imtynininkų ir stiprių vyrų. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
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. Po
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 “Ūkininkas” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Tačiau, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Pagal 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” 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
Šeštadienį, Lapkritis 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 protokolas. 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. Wasemas apsėstas
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
Tarptautinės imtynių turnyras vyko dviem etapais: nuo gegužės 19, 1915 iki gruodžio 31, 1915. Penkiasdešimt kovotojai galėtų konkuruoti pirmojo etapo turnyro įskaitant Pasaulio graikų-romėnų čempionas Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Antroji įmoka turėjo 40 kovotojai, įskaitant ir ateinančiais Žvaigždžių k “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The