John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Nông dân” 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 bảng. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in

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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 looked over at his rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt

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Hack and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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At the beginning of 1911, các công wrestling coi ba người đàn ông là thách thức lớn nhất đối với đương kim vô địch thế giới Frank Gotch. Cựu vô địch George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko và “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout muốn có cơ hội để đánh bại Gotch. Gotch, là người ngốc của ai, 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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Ngày 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. Chief Two Feathers entered the

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EdStrangler” Lewis Wins Title in 1920

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Hôm thứ Hai, Tháng mười hai 13, 1920, EdStranglerLewis won the first of six World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships from 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 and Lewis met in a match lasting over three hours. Lewis made a mental error in

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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 “Thuê” trong St. Louis during the 1904 Hội chợ thế giới. 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 (liên kết liên kết) 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 trong 1905

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Các tháng 9, 1905 phiên bản của St. Phần thể thao Louis Cộng hòa có một câu chuyện về một trận đấu sắp tới giữa đô vật địa phương George Baptiste và lưu diễn World Wrestling vô địch, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, người chỉ cần đánh bại Tom Jenkins cho giải vô địch thế giới. Nếu biên tập viên biết “Hack của” 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, Ba Lan, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Theo 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, Tháng Hai 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) được một tạ kỷ lục thế giới nắm giữ và World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling trước khi đấu vật đã được chuẩn bị trước và Aardwolf đã sử dụng steroid. Hackenschmidt đạt được một mức độ của sự vĩ đại do một số yếu tố. Ông đã đạt được một mức độ cao của thể dục thể chất. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been

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