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Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. Sonra 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Etibarən 1900 qədər 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches

Avqust 7, 1882, Amerikalı ağır çəkidə güləş çempionu Edvin Bibbi Nyu Yorkdakı Madison Square Garden meydanında İngiltərə çempionu Co Aktona qarşı titulunu qorudu.. Kişilər dünya çempionatı üçün "bacardıqca tutmaq" matçında güləşdilər. Lakin, ictimaiyyət döyüşün qalibini dünya çempionu kimi tanımırdı. The public recognized the winner as the American Heavyweight

(This post is an excerpt from my new book, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Azarkeşlər Qotçun Hackenschmidt və Yussuf Mahmudt kimi güclü reputasiyası olan əcnəbi güləşçiləri görüblər., published on February 2, 2022.) The most important event affecting the future of Frank Gotch’s career occurred on January 11, 1911. Gotch married the former Gladys Oestrich at her parent’s home in Humboldt, Iowa. Mehriban. Gotch preferred that Frank retire from the ring which

Yanvar 2, 1911, Swiss wrestler John Lemm found himself the laughingstock of professional wrestling fans and reporters. The incident occurred when Lemm wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko in Buffalo, New York. Fans considered Zbyszko the top contender for Frank Gotch’s world title. Zbyszko was a world class wrestler although more skilled in Greco-Roman wrestling than catch wrestling. Lemm was a skilled

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

Ilə 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. Over the next 30 il, 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

Bu həftəki yazı bir növ etirafdır. Illərlə, Mən yazmışdım ki, Frank Qoç Amerikaya ilk turu zamanı Stanislaus Zbişkonu məğlub edən yeganə güləşçi idi. 1909 və 1914. I recently read Wrestling in the Garden, Volume 1: 1875 qədər 1939; Nyu-York uğrunda döyüş - işləyir, Atışlar və Qoşa Xaçlar (bağlı link) ilə

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