Gotch Beats Lurich in His Last Match

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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, majster sveta zápasník a vzpierač v 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotcha držal titul po dobu piatich rokov a porazil všetkým prichádzajúcim. V relatívne mladom veku 35, Gotcha sa rozhodol odísť do dôchodku. Pre jeho posledný zápas, že by sa na ďalšie slávne európske zápasník a vzpierač, George Lurich. George Lurich

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George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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V piatok, Máj 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutes. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Killer Dill (1947)

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Augusta 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions vydal Killer Dill (1947), Film zločinu, ktorý profesionálny zápasník Mike Mazurki hrá „Little Joe“, Henchman, ktorý hrá na oboch stranách gangu sporu. Stuart Erwin hrá ako Johny „Killer“ Dill, Dizajnér a predajca spodného prádla, Kto si ľudia mýlia za gangstera. Po náhodnom zapojení do vojny gangov, jeho

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. On použil

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

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In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, ktorý bol

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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V sobotu, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutes. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed

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Gotcha drvenie Jenkins v hlave

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On Thursday, Január 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins obhájil svoje americké majstrovstvo v zápasení proti začínajúcemu zápasníkovi z Iowy. After the first fall, fanúšikovia si uvedomili, že to bol najťažší zápas c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins porazil Gotcha

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Spomienky Henryho Mosesa Dufura

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Henry Moses Dufur bol v 70. rokoch 19. storočia majstrom sveta v zápase o golier a lakte v ťažkej váhe. Podľa 1855, Dufur odišiel z profesionálneho wrestlingu, aby sa mohol venovať profesii odevného krajčíra na plný úväzok. Aj počas svojej zápasníckej kariéry, Dufur pracoval ako krajčír. Dufur povedal korešpondentovi The Boston Globe, že sa narodil v Richforde, Vermont v júni 5, 1943. Tento dátum

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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In January 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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