Masked Marvel Throws Berner

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Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in

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Stecher klop Westergaard in Lincoln

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In 'n blogpos verlede maand, Ek het geskryf oor die probleme wat promotors gehad het om die Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard-wedstryd op te voer. Oorspronklik geskeduleer vir Omaha, Nebraska, die Omaha-polisiehoof en polisiekommissaris was bekommerd oor die wedstryd wat vooraf gereël is of a “work”. Hulle wou nie hê dat dobbelaars deur die uitstalling ingeneem word nie. Om hierdie gebeurtenis te voorkom, hulle

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Frank Gotch betaal sy Dues

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Frank Gotch, die plaas seun van Humboldt, Iowa, sou verslaan George Hackenschmidt vir die wêreld swaargewig Wrestling kampioenskap in 1908. Hierdie oorwinning en sy daaropvolgende nederlaag van “Hack” in die 1911 herontmoeting gevestig Gotch se plek as een van die grootste stoeiers van alle tye. Gotch was 'n baie talentvolle stoeier maar hy was nie die onoorwonne wunderkind van die legende. Gotch

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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Januarie 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko was 'n bedrewe

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Polisiehoof Voorkom Stoeiwedstryd

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Omaha-polisiehoof H.W. Dunn het in Maart opskrifte geskep 28, 1915, toe hy 'n bevel uitgereik het wat die geadverteerde professionele stoeiwedstryd tussen Joe Stecher en Jess Westergaard verbied. The April 6, 1915 wedstryd was geskeduleer vir die Omaha Ouditorium. Die hoof het eintlik die bevel uitgereik in opdrag van Superintendent van Polisie A.C. Kugel. Kugel het 'n verklaring uitgereik aan

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Stecher en Zbyszko voltooi ooreenkoms

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Op Desember 13, 1920, En “Worger” Lewis het Joe Stecher vir sy Wêreld-swaargewigstoeikampioenskap verslaan. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Egter, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud

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Evan “Worger” Lewis Programme Mean Streak

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Evan “Worger” Lewis, ook genoem Evan Lewis “die worger”, was 'n professionele stoeier van 1882 te 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” of “hang hold”, wat moderne MMA-aanhangers as 'n guillotine-choke ken. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man toernooi

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Farmer Burns Beats Michigan Kampioen

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Martin “Boer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Boer” Burns was 'n groot stoeier in sy eie reg. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pond. In 1891, Burns as die Iowa Swaargewig Kampioen het op JC. Comstock, die Michigan Swaargewig Kampioen. J.C. Comstock was

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Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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Januarie 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, 'n paar Amerikaanse stoeiers het selfs voorheen beweer dat hulle Nogert is

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