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V pozno 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko odpotoval v Združene države Amerike za izpodbijanje svetovnega prvaka v težki kategoriji Wrestling Frank Gotch. Pred srečanja Gotch, Zbyszko gostovala v Združene države in bojeval veliko lokalnih rokoborcev celotnem zgodnjem delu 1910. Zbyszko bi potovali 37,000 milj. Zgodaj v svoji turneji, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, ki je bil
Četrtek, Januar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins je branil naslov ameriškega prvaka v rokoborbi proti obetajočemu rokoborcu iz Iowe. Po prvem padcu, navijači so ugotovili, da je bila to najtežja tekma c Franka Alvina Gotcha, Humboldt, Iowa kmetija fant, ki bi poraz Georg Hackenschmidt za svetovno prvenstvo v Težji 1908, je Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins je premagal Gotcha
V januarju 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.
Paul Pons je grško-rimske rokoborbe prvak Francije v 1890. Je osvojil turnir v Folies-Bergeres pred zmago na turnirju v Rusiji 1898. Te zmage so mu omogočile naslov svetovnega prvaka v grško-rimskem rokoborbi. Pons kapitalizirane na ta slava z odprtjem telovadnico trenirati rokoborcev in močne moške. Pons’ zmaga je bila še posebej izjemna zaradi
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
V pozno 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 “Kmet” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Vendar, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Jo 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
V soboto, 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 min. 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 possessed
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
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The