How to Setup a Big Rematch

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On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, మార్టిన్ “కాపు” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 పౌండ్ల, “కాపు” Burns stood 5’11to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Burns debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, one

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Duncan Ross Wrestles Sorakichi Matsuda

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ఏప్రిల్ న 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March

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Stecher and Lewis At It Again

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EdStrangler” Lewis enjoyed one of the most successful careers in professional wrestling. Although Lewis wrestled in mostly staged exhibitions, he possessed legitimate wrestling skills. Future protege Lou Thesz said many times Lewis could beat any wrestler at any time, so he was the ideal world champion in the modern era of prearranged matches. However, early in his career, లూయిస్

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Was It a Shoot or a Work?

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At the end of December 1916, a strange event occurred. John F. Olin, a local Massachusetts wrestler, won a match with the current World Champion Joe Stecher. The referee declared Olin the winner after Stecher walked away from the match. Before the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) made changes to the rules in the 1950s, championships changed hands through disqualification or

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పెసెక్ తన కోసం వ్యాపారంలోకి వెళతాడు

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జాన్ “టైగర్మాన్” ఇసుక అనేక కుస్తీ పట్టింది “shoot” సమయంలో మ్యాచ్‌లు “worked” 1920ల యుగం. ఈ సమయానికి, అమెరికన్ ప్రొఫెషనల్ రెజ్లర్లు ఒకరికొకరు సహకరించుకుని అభిమానులను ఉత్తేజపరిచే మ్యాచ్‌లను ప్రదర్శించారు. ఫలితాలు ప్రమోటర్లు మరియు నిర్వాహకులచే ముందుగా నిర్ణయించబడ్డాయి. చట్టబద్ధమైన పోటీలు లేదా “shoots” అరుదుగా ఉండేవి. అవి సంభవించినప్పుడు, it was normally to settle a dispute among promoters or a

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Legitimate Brawl or Pre-Match Hype?

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At the end of 1905, Fred Beell was traveling America hyping up a match with former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Beell was a former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion having defeated Frank Gotch in a “worked” match in New Orleans during December 1903. He lost the title back to Gotch a few weeks later. Capable wrestlers, Jenkins and Beell

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స్టెచర్ సెయింట్‌లో పెసెక్‌ను కలుస్తాడు. లూయిస్

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Joe Stecher and JohnTiger ManPesek were legitimate wrestlers in a primarily “worked” era, where matches were predetermined unless someone decided to double-cross the other wrestler or promoter by turning the match into a legitimate contest. Double-crosses only worked, if the wrestler could legitimately win the match. John Pesek didn’t like the worked nature of wrestling and often turned

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Evan Lewis Maims Wrestler

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As the wrestler jumped off the mat, he grabbed the referee by the lapel with his good arm. “Why didn’t you stop it?” As Referee Siler tried to pull free, Duncan Ross’ seconds grabbed him and pulled him away. The men told Ross, “He can’t stop it. You have to submit.” Ross screamed, “I’m out of here.” As Ross walked

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టైగర్ మ్యాన్ టేమ్స్ నాట్ పెండిల్టన్

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లో 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, ప్రపంచ హెవీవెయిట్ రెజ్లింగ్ ఛాంపియన్ Ed “StranglerLewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate

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స్టానిస్లాస్ జిబిస్కో చార్లీ ఓల్సన్‌ను ఓడించాడు

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Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. మే సమయంలో 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles

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