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 vence a Westergaard a Lincoln

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En una entrada al blog el mes passat, Vaig escriure sobre la dificultat que van tenir els promotors per organitzar el partit Joe Stecher contra Jess Westergaard. Inicialment programat per a Omaha, Nebraska, el cap de policia d'Omaha i el comissari de policia estaven preocupats perquè el partit estigués preestablert o a “work”. No volien que els jugadors fossin acollits per l'exposició. Per evitar aquest fet, ells

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JuJitsu de comanda per correu 1921

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Al gener es va imprimir un anunci 16, 1921 edició del St. Louis Post-Dispatch anunciant un curs de comandes per correu sobre Jujitsu del capità. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith va néixer originalment a Escòcia, però estava fascinat amb les demostracions de jujitsu japonès (en realitat judo) va veure a Anglaterra. Smith va viatjar al Japó amb una empresa i va aprendre judo arribant a 1r grau

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Frank Gotch paga les seves quotes

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Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Cop de destral” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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Al gener 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 a skilled

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El cap de la policia impedeix la lluita

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Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

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Stecher and Zbyszko Complete Deal

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Al desembre 13, 1920, I “Estrangulador” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Però, 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 “Estrangulador” Lewis Mostra Mean Streak

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Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis, també anomenat Evan Lewis “el estrangulador”, va ser un lluitador professional de 1882 to 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” o “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament

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Farmer Cremades Beats Champion Michigan

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Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 lliures. En 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

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Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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Al gener 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, a few American wrestlers had even claimed to be Nogert before

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