Category: Early Professional Wrestling History

Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 from hated rival

क्रिसमस की रात को 1911, स्टैनिस्लॉस ज़बीस्ज़्को ने एक बहुप्रतीक्षित हैवीवेट कुश्ती मुकाबले में जियोवानी रायसीविच से मुलाकात की. Zbyszko, जो विश्व हैवीवेट कुश्ती चैंपियन फ्रैंक गॉच के साथ दोबारा मैच के लिए प्रचार कर रहा था, रायसेविच को फेंकने के लिए सहमत हुए 3 टाइम्स इन 90 मिनट या हारे हुए घोषित किया जा सकता है. जैसे ही पुरुषों ने न्यूयॉर्क शहर के प्रसिद्ध मैडिसन स्क्वायर गार्डन में प्रवेश किया, Zbyszko स्पष्ट रूप से था

Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 पाउंड. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. तथापि, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated

Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. He finally secured

जनवरी में 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, a few American wrestlers had even claimed to be Nogert before

वास्तव में, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “एलेक्स” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachman’s tournament was to start Wednesday

मार्टिन “किसान” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. तथापि, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “स्ट्रेंजलर” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. में 1893, Burns was still

No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. प्रो खेल अभी भी एक वास्तविक प्रतियोगिता थी जब वह कुश्ती शुरू किया. खेल काम करने के लिए बदल के बाद उन्होंने कहा कि सफल होने के लिए जारी रखा (prearranged) माचिस. वास्तव में, उन्होंने एक शूट प्रतियोगिता में भाग लिया, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 अपने प्रमोटरों को डबल-क्रॉस करके.

एलेक्स Aberg अपने पेशेवर कुश्ती कैरियर की सबसे बड़ी वर्ष में कई उल्लेखनीय दुश्मनों को हराया. में 1915, Aberg न्यू यॉर्क में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय कुश्ती टूर्नामेंट के दोनों वसंत और शरद संस्करणों में हिस्सा. ग्रीको रोमन कुश्ती के अपने पसंदीदा शैली में विशेष रूप से प्रतिस्पर्धा, Aberg defeated Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko and Ed “स्ट्रेंजलर” Lewis along with a number of journeyman wrestlers.