Frank Gotch Marries

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(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: The Quest for Redemption, published on February 2, 2022.) The most important event affecting the future of Frank Gotch’s career occurred on January 11, 1911. Gotch married the former Gladys Oestrich at her parent’s home in Humboldt, 아이오와. 부인. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which

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John Lemm Gets a Second Chance

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월 1 일에 2, 1911, Swiss wrestler John Lemm found himself the laughingstock of professional wrestling fans and reporters. The incident occurred when Lemm wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko in Buffalo, 뉴욕. Fans considered Zbyszko the top contender for Frank Gotch’s world title. Zbyszko was a world class wrestler although more skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling than catch wrestling. Lemm was a skilled

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Miyake vs. Santel Mixed Bout

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10월에 20, 1920, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro Miyake, a Judo and Jujitsu black belt, in a mixed wrestling vs. jujitsu contest. After about 20 초, Santel secured a half-Nelson on Miyake, lifted him off the mat and slammed Miyake to the floor. The impact knocked Miyake senseless. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back

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The Original Trust Buster

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During the early 1920s, Tex Rickard declared war on his former boxing promotional partner, 잭 컬리. Curley promoted professional wrestling in New York City. He also organized promoters in large cities such as Boston and St. Louis into a wrestling trust. The trust controlled the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The trust froze out any wrestler, who refused to go along

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농부 Burns Frank Gotch 발견

농부 화상 프랭크 고치

에 1897, Dan McLeod는 American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship에서 Martin "Farmer" Burns를 이겼습니다.. 패배 후, Burns는 레슬링 트레이너의 주요 역할로 전환하면서 시간제 레슬링을 했습니다.. Over the next 30 년, Burns는 미국에서 대부분의 합법적인 캐치 레슬러를 훈련시켰습니다.. Burns는 투어를 시작했습니다. 1899, 그가 둘 다 상대와 씨름할 곳

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Oldest Wrestling Film in Existence

조 스테처 챔피언십 벨트

Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. 비극, promoters filmed the biggest matches of the 1910s and 1920s including the second Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt match, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne “Big” Munn, 스테처 대. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match

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Joe Stecher Passes Test

조 스테처 챔피언십 벨트

One of the legendary tales about Joe Stecher concerns a legitimate contest he had with one of Martin “농장주” Burns wrestlers, when Stecher was barely out of high school. Burns heard about Stecher’s growing reputation and decided to test him with one of his wrestlers. 수년간, I thought Stecher defeated Yusif Mahmout but he actually wrestled Yussif Hussane. The

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비비 비트 로스

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에드윈 비비와 던컨 C. Ross는 1월에 미국에서 최초로 공인된 프로레슬링 챔피언십을 설립했습니다. 19, 1881. 남자들은 미국 헤비웨이트 레슬링 챔피언십을 위해 캐치-애시-캔(catch-as-catch-can) 스타일로 씨름했습니다.. William Muldoon은 Thiebaud Bauer의 패배를 기반으로 하여 월드 헤비급 챔피언이 되었습니다. 1880. Andre Christol은 세계 타이틀을 미국에 가져왔습니다.

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Lewis and Stecher Work a Draw

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In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “<스팬 bbox_x = "949"bbox_y = "1780"bbox_w = "52"bbox_h = "19"fsize = "13"fweight = "3"빨간색 = "255"녹색 = "255"블루 = "255"알파 = "” 무거운 돌덩이 따위를 끌어 올리고 내리는 쇠 집게. Stecher and Lewis would emerge as the two best legitimate professional wrestler of the 1910s. Either man could beat every other wrestler at the time in a legitimate contest or “shoot”. The men wrestled three long, boring contests

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