Martin “Ua teb” Zaus

Martin “Ua teb” Kub yus yog ib qhov kev ntes-ua-ntes tau wrestler li no wrestling thiab lub cev kev tus kws qhia. Dua li ntawm zoo kawg thiab zoo li ib tug wrestler wrestler, Txawm winning tus American Heavyweight Championship, Nws yog neeg nto moo tshaj li ib tus kws qhia wrestling.

Martin “Ua teb” Kub yus yug lub ob hlis ntuj 15, 1861 nyob rau hauv lub nras Cedar, Iowa. Ob yam thiab ces tam sim no, wrestling yog nyob rau hauv ib txoj Iowan ntshav. Zaus ntawd twb wrestling ntawm ib tug me nyuam thaum ntxov. When his father passed away, Kub yus pib ua teb ua hauj lwm pab txhawb nws niam thiab cov kwvtij. This work helped him develop tremendous physical strength to go with his wrestling prowess.

Tom 19, nws twb yog winning qhov yuam kev wrestling. Caj dab zog nws yog ib tug uas kub yus’ tseem ceeb. Kub yus ua hauj lwm los tsim ib 20 nti caj dab. To demonstrate his neck strength, he would have an assistant hang him by the neck with a rope to impress crowds and potential students. Burns always walked away unscathed from his performances.

Tab sis nws tsuas weighed 165 phaus, Kub yus yeej cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship thiab nyob ntawm undefeated 1890 thiab 1893. Often wrestling much bigger men, Burns used technique and power to defeat all challengers during his reign. Nws thaum kawg retired hauv lub 1900s thaum ntxov tom qab ib reign li tau tau zus ib ntawm ob 1895 thiab 1897.

Kub yus pib kawm lwm wrestlers hauv 1893. Frank Gotch was his most famous pupil. Kub yus tua yeej nws kawm nyob rau yav tom ntej 1899, Thaum Gotch raug 21. Impressed by Gotch at such a young age, Burns primarily managed and trained Gotch, leej twg yeej lub qab ntuj Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm George Hackenschmidt nyob rau hauv 1908, ntawm 1899 rau.

Nyob rau hauv 1914, Kub yus yuav tau luam tawm tsab Thaum kawg yuav luag puas sab hauv tshooj rau lub nyuas thiab wrestling. Dhau li ntawm Gotch, Ed “Strangler” Lewis also followed Burns’ kev kawm.

Kub yus tso tseg rau lub ib hlis ntuj 8, 1937 tom 75 xyoo rau sawv daws Bluffs, Iowa. Kub yus thiab nws tus poj niam muaj me nyuam yaus peb, ob tug tub thiab ib tug ntxhais. Zaus’ tus poj niam tso tseg nyob rau hauv 1930. Tom qab nws tus ntxhais tso tseg nyob rau hauv 1932, Zaus’ kev pib yaig sai sai. Grief was the only opponent to get the upper hand on “Ua teb” Zaus.

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