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Posts about professional wrestling from 1870 ut 1930.
On January 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko was a skilled
Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. In April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to
In December 13, 1920, Et “Strangulatam” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Autem, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud
Evan “Strangulatam” Lewis, et vocavit Evan Lewis “in Strangler”, erat a professio a luctator 1882 ut 1899. Ludovicus primus American-quod-capite Heavyweight Capere Can palaestrica Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” vel “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lodovicus professionalem a debut a conciliandos 64 man tournament
Martin “Agricola” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Agricola” Inutilis facta est suae rei urente. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pondo. In 1891, Ardet ut ad Iowa Heavyweight Champion suscepit JC. Comstock, non quis fuerim in Michigan Heavyweight. J.C. Comstock was
In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match between “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50
Paulus Pons erat in litteris Graecis et Romanis Champion Francorum palaestrica in 1890s. Ipse victorem a tournament in Folies, Bergeres coram rege privatus in Russia in tournament 1898. Hae victoriae ei permiserunt ut Championship Luctationem Graeco-Romanam vindicaret. Pons capitalized in hac aperta gym dum enim in ordine est, et viri fortes athletas. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
Et “Strangulatam” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”
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 was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
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.