Et socer nurum suam Gotch Way to Title

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Aprilis, 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch occurrit World Wrestling Champion Title Georgii Hackenschmidt in Mundus in Chicago ad Dexter Park Pavilion, Illinois. Hackenschmidt undefeated erat a professio, sed quod fere The pro Champion 7 annis. Gotch erat maior anno, sed considerandum est et comer. Fans et reporters operientes ludo considerari Gotch

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Dr. Roller and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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Die martis, Itinera 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 et 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.

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Wladek Zbyszko Loses Unexpectedly

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Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, qui 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Lorem ipsum dolor, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

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Charley Olson interficit luctatorem

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Maximam provocationem saepe inveni in investigationibus veterum luctandi professionalis factum a fictione separatum. Etiam cum luctatoribus legitime par, saepe inflatus eventus, apocryphos apocryphos circa eorum victorias aedificavit et fabulas fictas ad damna explicandas fecit. Luctationis professio e carnivalibus orta est et ad promo- tiones huius Artis retinuit. St.

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Priores id loquimini Stanislaus Zbyszko Boxer

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On January 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler

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The One Opponent Gotch Could Not Beat

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In December 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able

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Zbyszko Double Crosses Trio

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Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” luctando promotionem ac beat Munn pro the

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How to Setup a Big Rematch

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On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Agricola” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 pondo, “Agricola” Burns stood 5’11to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Ardens debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, unus

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Lewis Takes Title Back from Munn

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Eodem die Joe Stecher luctatus est Stanislaum Zbyszko pro recognito versione Gravis luctationis Mundi in St.. Ludovicus, Et “Strangulatam” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and

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