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Ketika Wladek Zbyszko melakukan perjalanan dari Amerika Serikat ke Brasil untuk tur yang menguntungkan
Siapa pegulat profesional sah terhebat yang bergulat di Amerika Serikat? How do
Pada April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Pada April 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, in Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans considered Mahmout a tough challenger primarily because they had not seen him wrestle. Emil Klank, Manajer Gotch, meyakinkan pegulat asing dengan reputasi baik seperti Mahmout dan Stanislaus Zbyszko untuk melakukan perjalanan ke Amerika untuk menantang Gotch. Penggemar
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg menjadi berita utama 1917 selama gugatan atas penolakannya untuk memenuhi komitmen gulat di Boston selama bulan Maret 1917. Aberg setuju untuk bergulat dengan Wladek Zbyszko, lawan utamanya selama ini 1915 Turnamen Gulat Internasional New York, untuk promotor Boston George Touhey. However, Aberg menarik diri dari pertarungan tak lama setelah menandatangani perjanjian untuk bergulat dengannya
Setelah menikahi istrinya Gladys dan mengalahkan Georg Hackenschmidt untuk kedua kalinya, keduanya masuk 1911, Juara Gulat Kelas Berat Dunia Frank Gotch mulai bergulat dengan jadwal yang lebih terbatas. Istrinya Gladys bukanlah penggemar berat gulat dan ingin suami barunya menghabiskan lebih banyak waktu di rumah di Humboldt, Iowa. Dalam dunia gulat pada saat itu,
Clarence Whistler was born in Indiana during 1856. While standing only 5’09” or so and weighing 165 pon, Whistler was considered one of the most powerful wrestlers of his era. Whistler was the only wrestler able to give William Muldoon a hard time during Muldoon’s 9-year run as World Champion. Whistler primarily competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, the dominant style in
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, ketika mereka berhenti di a
Pada tanggal 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
Leading into his January 24, 1921 title match with former world champion Earl Caddock, Juara Gulat Kelas Berat Dunia Ed “Pencekik” Lewis was reputed to have injured his previous two opponents, Wladek Zbyszko and Joe Stecher, with his headlock. Lewis would use the headlock to hip toss his opponent to the floor. Zbyszko was knocked senseless, when his head hit the
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Petani” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 pon, “Petani” Burns stood 5’11” to 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
Pada April 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross bertemu Sorakichi Matsuda, juga dikenal sebagai Matsada, pegulat profesional Jepang pertama di Amerika Serikat. Matsuda berimigrasi ke Amerika untuk mengejar mimpinya menjadi pegulat profesional karena saat itu mimpi itu belum benar-benar ada di Jepang.. 28-Duncan Ross yang berusia satu tahun lahir di Turki keturunan Skotlandia pada bulan Maret
On St. Patrick’s Day, Maret 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning