Joe Stecher Beats Ad Santel

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Joe Stecher started out 1915, a fateful year for his career, with a victory over Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled under the name Otto Carpenter for this match but was known to professional wrestling fans as Ad Santel. Santel had a deserved reputation for being a vicious “luder”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made

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Lewis Wrestles Mondt in Kansas City

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World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “StranglerLewis wrestled hundreds of legitimate wrestling matches with Joseph “Toots” Mondt over the years. During conversations with his young protégé, Lou Thesz, Lewis said he only had to worry about losing to two wrestlers in his long career. Only Mondt and Stanislaus Zbyszko had a chance of defeating him in a legitimate contest. Én

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Forbereder Munn til Lewis

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On Sunday, December 14, 1924, “Big” Wayne Munn kæmpede med Joseph “Toots” Mondt i hovedbegivenheden på wrestling-kortet i Kansas City, Missouri, Kongressalen. 10,000 fans mødte op for at heppe på Munn, en tidligere college fodboldspiller for University of Nebraska. Munn blev faktureret kl. 6’06”, hvilket kan have været en overdrivelse, men han var betydeligt

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rejste til USA i slutningen af ​​1880'erne for at bryde de bedste amerikanske wrestlere

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rejste til USA i slutningen af ​​1880'erne for at bryde de bedste amerikanske wrestlere 21, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis forsvarede sit amerikanske Heavyweight Wrestling Championship mod Martin “Farmer” Burns. Lewis forsvarede sit amerikanske Heavyweight Wrestling Championship mod Martin “Lewis forsvarede sit amerikanske Heavyweight Wrestling Championship mod Martin” Lewis forsvarede sit amerikanske Heavyweight Wrestling Championship mod Martin. Lewis forsvarede sit amerikanske Heavyweight Wrestling Championship mod Martin 1893

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Gotch Bests Bulgarian

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On April 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, in Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans betragtede Mahmout som en hård udfordrer, primært fordi de ikke havde set ham kæmpe. Emil Klank, Gotchs manager, overbeviste udenlandske wrestlere med godt ry som Mahmout og Stanislaus Zbyszko til at rejse til Amerika for at udfordre Gotch. Fans

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Aberg afslører Curley

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Aleksander “Alex” Aberg trak overskrifter ind 1917 under en retssag over hans afvisning af at opfylde en wrestling-forpligtelse i Boston i marts 1917. Aberg gik med til at kæmpe Wladek Zbyszko, hans hovedmodstander under 1915 New Yorks internationale brydningsturneringer, for Boston-promotoren George Touhey. Men, Aberg trak sig ud af kampen kort efter at have underskrevet en aftale om at bryde hans

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Lewis forsvarede sit amerikanske Heavyweight Wrestling Championship mod Martin

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Zbyszko Injures Dr. Roller

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Den maj 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American

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EdStrangler” Lewis’ Dødelig hovedlås

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Fører ind i hans januar 24, 1921 titelkamp med den tidligere verdensmester Earl Caddock, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis var ry for at have skadet sine tidligere to modstandere, Wladek Zbyszko og Joe Stecher, med sin hovedlås. Lewis ville bruge hovedlåsen til at hoftekaste sin modstander i gulvet. Zbyszko blev slået meningsløs, da hans hoved ramte

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