Frank Gotch them nws cov Dues

Frank Gotch, tus tub ua liaj ua teb hauv Humboldt, Iowa, yuav defeat George Hackenschmidt rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship nyob rau 1908. No yeej thiab nws swb rau tom “Hack” nyob rau lub 1911 rematch cemented Gotch qhov chaw raws li yog ib lub wrestlers loj tshaj txhua lub sij hawm. Gotch yog ib tug wrestler feemxyuam heev tabsis nws twb tsis tau lub undefeated wunderkind cov lus dab neeg. Gotch them nws cov dues thiab losses txog tej ntawm nws txoj kev mus saum.

Frank Alvin Gotch yug rau hnub tim 27, 1878. Nyob rau hauv nws cov prime, Sawv 5'11 Gotch” thiab weighed ntawm 193 thiab 210 phaus. Gotch pib wrestling hauv 1999 tom 21 xyoo. Nws tua yeej txhua tus City ua ntej noj ntawm tus tau zus ib Dan McLeod hauv ib match ntawd yuav kav ntev li ob teev. McLeod thaum kawg overcame Gotch, tiam sis yog Vaj kub siab heev los ntawm cov youngster muaj peev xwm.

Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 1899, Gotch coj rau Martin “Ua teb” Zaus, leej twg tua yeej Gotch nyob rau hauv 11 feeb. Nws yog ib tug taw tes raws Frank Gotch. Zaus, ib tus kws qhia wrestling lom, yog li ntawd, vaj kub siab heev tias nws pab kom tsheb nqaj hlau Gotch. Lub rooj sib tham no yuav ua tau kom Frank Gotch kab ntiaj teb tau zus ib cuaj xyoo tom qab.

Ua ntej nws championship khiav ntiaj teb, Frank Gotch them nws cov dues. Nws txawm poob tej qhov yuam raws li. Hnub Wednesday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 27, 1901, Frank Gotch, cov tau zus ib Iowa Wrestling, muab rau Oscar Wasem, cov me nyuam. Louis, Tau zus ib MO, tom Burlington, Iowa tabmeeg 500 kiv cua ntawm lub zos Turner cuab. Txoj kev mus kotaw 28, 1901 ib tsab ntawm tus St. Koom pheej Louis ris txog tus bout zaj dabneeg.

Ntais ntawv yog ib ob tug ntawm peb Tsug tej. Oscar Wasem yeej lawm lub caij nplooj zeeg ntej tom qab 31 feeb thiab 30 vib nas this. Raws lub Koom pheej, Gotch yeej lawm lub caij nplooj zeeg ob yog tus fluke hauv 4 feeb thiab 35 vib nas this. Tus reporter ho tsis piav li cas yog ib tug fluke, tiam sis thaum ntawv xov xwm hometown lub reporter yuav tsis tau qhov ncaj ncees tshaj observer. Wasem yeej tau tus thib peb thiab txiav txim siab seb ntog tom qab 26 feeb thiab 45 vib nas this. Wasem tam sim ntawd coj los sib tw Martin “Ua teb” Zaus.

Cov chaw khiav dejnum tswj sib tw ntawm “Ua teb” Kub yus yuav qhia tias Frank Gotch yog tseem kuj ua rau kub yus’ “policeman”. Yog ib qhov challenger xav mus fim ib tug tau zus ib, qhov challenger feem ntau muaj rau defeat lwm contender ua ntej nws tau mus txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv rau ntawm tus championship. Gotch rau nkawd yuav qhov challenger los “policeman” tej zaum lub title contender tau tuav. Oscar Wasem ua tsis yeej “Ua teb” Zaus.

Tejzaum nws inspired ntawm no swb, Frank Gotch mus yuav ib tug tsim kua muag beating txhua challenger Nebraska thiab Iowa ua ntej rau cov Klondike tawm hauv lub sij hawm ib maj kub nyob hauv 1902. Gotch los kuj yog ib lub npe rau nws tus kheej lawm thaum nws mus dhia Klondike.

Tug me me rau ib heavyweight nyob Oscar Wasem 165 phaus. Nws twb tseem wrestling hauv 1912, thaum nws tau kawm nrog Frank Gotch rau ib match nrog Dr. Ben rau cov menyuam. Ntais ntawv ntawd thiab yuav tsum muaj ib tus laus match. Oscar Wasem disappears ntawm yav dhau los txog txij no. Frank Gotch yuav ua keeb kwm hauv 1908 tab sis, nws yuav tsum xub them nws cov dues.

Dab ntaus koj txog zaj dabneeg no? Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.

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