The Original Trust Buster

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During the early 1920s, Tex Rickard declared war on his former boxing promotional partner, Jack Curley. 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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Farmer Burns Discovers Frank Gotch

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Je 1897, Dan McLeod beat Martin “Farmer” Burns for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. After the defeat, Burns wrestled part-time as he transitioned into his primary role of wrestling trainer. Super la sekvanta 30 Jaroj, Burns trained most of the legitimate catch wrestlers in the United States. Burns began touring in 1899, where he would both wrestle an opponent in

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Plej malnova Luktado-Filmo en Ekzisto

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Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Tragedie, reklamantoj filmis la plej grandajn matĉojn de la 1910-aj jaroj kaj 1920-aj jaroj inkluzive de la dua Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt matĉo, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne "Granda" Munn, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match

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Joe Stecher Passes Test

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One of the legendary tales about Joe Stecher concerns a legitimate contest he had with one of Martin “Kultivisto” 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. Por jaroj, I thought Stecher defeated Yusif Mahmout but he actually wrestled Yussif Hussane. La

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Bibby Beats Ross

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Edwin Bibby and Duncan C. Ross established the first recognized professional wrestling championship in the United States on January 19, 1881. The men wrestled catch-as-catch-can style for the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. William Muldoon was the World Heavyweight Champion based on his defeat of Thiebaud Bauer in 1880. Andre Christol brought the World Title to the United States in the

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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 “Strangler” Lewis. 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 “Ŝoso”. The men wrestled three long, boring contests

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Dusek Double-Crosses Mondt

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Prior to the creation of the territorial system in 1948, pro wrestling promoters fought with each other to control the world championship. Promoting the world champion led to bigger gates, so most promoters wanted to control the championship. In the 1930s, promoters would enter into agreements with each other but they were often fleeting. When one promoter got offended, thought

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“Kultivisto” Burns Puts in a Full Night

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Je 1899, Martin “Kultivisto” Burns was transitioning into the role of part-time wrestler and full-time trainer. One of his most famous pupils would be Frank Gotch, who Burns defeated a week after this match. Burns was 38 years-old and had lost his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship two years earlier. Burns blended both roles on a very busy December night in

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Supraj Dek Legitimaj Profesiaj Luktistoj

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Kiu estas la plej granda legitima profesia luktisto por lukti en Usono? How do you determine it when wrestlers “Laborita” or cooperated with each other in matches since the sports emergence in the 1860s? . I examined the records and stories around the American, British, Polish, and Turkish wrestlers, who wrestled in the United States between 1870 Kaj 1915

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