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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 “hooker”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made

Juara Wrestling Heavyweight Dunia Ed “Strangler” Lewis 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. One

On Sunday, Disember 14, 1924, “Besar” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt in the main event of the wrestling card at the Kansas City, Missouri, Convention Hall. 10,000 fans showed up to cheer on Munn, a former college football player for the University of Nebraska. Munn was billed at 6’06”, which may have been an exaggeration but he was significantly

The biggest American pro wrestling match of the 19th Century occurred on April 21, 1895 di Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Martin “Petani” Burns. The 34-year-olds were both skilled with “hooks” or submission holds making them the top of the food chain in legitimate professional wrestling. Lewis had been undisputed champion since 1893

Pada April 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, di Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans considered Mahmout a tough challenger primarily because they had not seen him wrestle. Emil Klank, Gotch’s manager, convinced foreign wrestlers with good reputations like Mahmout and Stanislaus Zbyszko to travel to America to challenge Gotch. Fans

Selepas berkahwin dengan isterinya Gladys dan mengalahkan Georg Hackenschmidt buat kali kedua, kedua-duanya dalam 1911, Juara Gusti Kelas Berat Dunia Frank Gotch mula bergelut dengan jadual yang lebih terhad. Isterinya Gladys bukan peminat tegar gusti dan mahu suami baharunya menghabiskan lebih banyak masa di rumah di Humboldt, Iowa. Dalam dunia gusti ketika itu,

Pada Mei 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

Menuju ke bulan Januarinya 24, 1921 perlawanan gelaran dengan bekas juara dunia Earl Caddock, Juara Wrestling Heavyweight Dunia Ed “Strangler” Lewis dikatakan telah mencederakan dua lawannya sebelum ini, Wladek Zbyszko dan Joe Stecher, dengan kepalanya. Lewis akan menggunakan kunci kepala untuk melemparkan lawannya ke lantai. Zbyszko diketuk tidak masuk akal, apabila kepalanya terhantuk