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John "Tus Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek wrestled ob tug ntawm cov nto moo tshaj plaws contests ntawm lub 1920s. Pesek twb ob promotional wars los pom zoo "tua" contests nrog Marin Plestina thiab Nat Pendelton. Nyob rau hauv 1916, Pesek yog ib up-and-coming wrestler yam nyob rau hauv nws lub xeev ntawm Nebraska. Txog hnub plaub, Cuaj hlis 14, 1916, Pesek wrestled lwm Nebraska wrestler, Chris Jordan. Kiv cua thiab kiv cua

Stanislaus Zbyszko toured hauv tebchaws 1910 nyob hauv kev npaj rau lub npe match nrog ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch hauv lub xyoo. Ncig saib nws coj nws mus rau me nyuam. Louis saum ntuj 29, 1910. Zbyszko twb teem tau rau qhov yus mas txawm lub teeb heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson yog ib cov koom wrestler, cov me nyuam uas kawm. Louis wrestler George

Kuv txaj muag hais tias kuv nyuam qhuav sab cov hauj lwm ntawm Cora Livingston, Thaum researching txoj kev loj hlob ntawm lub zos promotor lawv nyob rau hauv kev wrestling thaum lub 1910s thiab 1920s. Mildred Burke yog tus thawj loj poj niam wrestling tau zus ib uas kuv twb paub. Txawm li cas los, Cora Livingston tau thov lub ntiaj teb Championship ib xyoo ua ntej Burke twb yug. Cora Livingston

Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 10, 1870, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin competed rau nag hmo ntawm tus International Wrestling kev sib tw nyob detroit, Michigan. Cov kev sib tw khiav yuav luag ob lub hlis ua ntej qhov kawg nkaus rau lub peb hlis ntuj 10th. Wrestling historians nquag credit J. H. McLaughlin li yog tus thawj kev wrestler nyob xwb rau nws khwv nyiaj ua ib wrestler wrestler. Feem ntau cov wrestlers wrestlers

(This excerpt is from my newest book on the history of the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.) Jenkins proved himself the top contender as soon as McLeod won the title. Hnub Wednesday, Kaum ib hlis 17, 1897, Tom Jenkins wrestled former title holder Martin “Farmer” Burns in Indianapolis, Indiana. The men wrestled a best two-out-of-three-falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling rules. Jenkins stood

Nyob rau hnub tim 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff at the Hippodrome in New York City. Promoters once again called on Lewis to settle a promotional conflict. The opposing group selected Lee Wykoff, a 36-year-old shooter from Kansas. Wykoff stood six feet, one inches tall and weighed two hundred eighteen pounds. The 44-year-old Lewis

Hnub Monday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. After initially being allies in promotion, Jim Londos broke away from Jack Curley’s group in New York. To restore peace, the parties decided on a legitimate contest or “shoot” to settle the dispute. Joseph "Toots" Mondt

Tuesday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 28, 1899, current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Dan S. McLeod wrestled Charles Wittmer in a two-out-of-three-falls mixed styles match. Txij thaum cov tau zus ib tsuas defended lub npe nyob catch-as-catch-can qhov yuam kev, McLeod wrestled Wittmer nyob hauv ib lub npe tsis-npe match. wittmer, Ib Greco-Roman wrestling tus kws paub hauj lwm, Uas cog noob nws thiab McLeod wrestle tsawg kawg yog ib lub caij nplooj zeeg hauv Greco-Roman txoj cai. Cov me nyuam. Paul Athletic

If wrestling fans know of Anton “Tony” Stecher, it is as the long-time promoter of professional wrestling in Minneapolis, Xeev Minnesota. Stecher started promoting professional wrestling in the Twin Cities during 1933. Stecher built the Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club into a powerful local wrestling promotion. Stecher was also one of the early members of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Stecher