John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Mkulima” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 paundi. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg aliyepigana katika

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Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt Available

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“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!” Frank Gotch alimtazama mpinzani wake George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt

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Hack na Zbyszko vita ya kuteka

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At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up

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Legend of Chief Two Feathers

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Desemba 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Mkuu Manyoya Mbili aliingia

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Na “Strangler” Lewis Wins Title in 1920

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Siku ya Jumatatu, Desemba 13, 1920, Na “Strangler” Lewis alishinda Mashindano ya kwanza ya Mieleka sita ya Uzani wa Heavyweight kutoka kwa Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher na Lewis walikutana kwenye mechi iliyochukua zaidi ya saa tatu. Lewis alifanya makosa ya kiakili

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Louis

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Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” katika St. Louis during the 1904 Dunia Fair. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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The Way to Live in Health and Strength

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (affiliate kiungo) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 years until losing his

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Hackenschmidt Tours St. Louis katika 1905

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Mei 9, 1905 toleo la St. Louis Jamhuri ya mchezo sehemu zilizomo hadithi kuhusu mechi ujao kati ya wrestler ndani George Baptiste na ziara World Wrestling Champion, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, ambao tu kuwapiga Tom Jenkins kwa michuano ya Dunia. Kama mhariri alijua “Hack ya” condition at the time, he may have

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Zbyszko and the Last Shoot Match

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Stanislaus Zbyszko was born Stanislaw Jan Cyganiewicz on April 1, 1879 in Jodlow, Poland, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Kwa mujibu wa Wikipedia, he chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. An article in the Walla Walla, Washington newspaper, The Evening Statesman’s Tuesday, Februari 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and

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Hack and What It Takes To Be Great

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George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) mara rekodi ya dunia ya kufanya weightlifter na World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion kabla ya kumenyana ilikuwa prearranged na lifters walikuwa kutumia steroids. Hackenschmidt mafanikio ya kiwango cha juu ya ukuu wa kutokana na sababu kadhaa. He achieved a high level of physical fitness. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been

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