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 “Kopnutie” v St. Louis during the 1904 Svetová výstava. 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 (partnerský odkaz) 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 v roku 1905

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Mája 9, 1905 vydanie St. Športový oddiel Louis republiky obsahovala príbeh o nadchádzajúcom stretnutí medzi miestnou zápasník George Baptiste a turné World Wrestling Champion, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, ktorý práve porazil Toma Jenkinsa pre majstrovstvá sveta. Je-li editor vedel, “Hack'S” 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. Podľa Wikipédie, 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, Február 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) was a world record holding weightlifter and World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion before wrestling was prearranged and lifters were using steroids. Hackenschmidt achieved a level of greatness due to several factors. 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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