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Da Wladek Zbyszko rejste fra USA til Brasilien for en lukrativ tur videre
William Muldoon var verdensmester i sværvægt baseret på hans nederlag af Thiebaud Bauer i? Hvordan
On April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
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
I et blogindlæg i sidste måned, Jeg skrev om de vanskeligheder, promotorerne havde med at iscenesætte kampen mellem Joe Stecher og Jess Westergaard. Oprindeligt planlagt til Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha-politichefen og politikommissæren var bekymrede over, at kampen var aftalt på forhånd eller en “arbejde”. De ønskede ikke, at spillere blev optaget af udstillingen. For at forhindre denne hændelse, de
En annonce blev trykt i januar 16, 1921 udgave af St. Louis Post-Dispatch, der annoncerer for et postordrekursus om Jujitsu fra Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith blev oprindeligt født i Skotland, men var fascineret af demonstrationer af japansk Jujitsu (faktisk Judo) han så i England. Smith rejste til Japan med et firma og lærte Judo at nå 1. grad
Frank Gotch, den bondedreng fra Humboldt, Iowa, ville besejre George Hackenschmidt til World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i 1908. Denne sejr og hans efterfølgende nederlag “Hack” i 1911 omkamp cementeret Gotch plads som en af de største wrestlere af hele tiden. Gotch var en meget talentfuld bryder, men han var ikke den ubesejrede vidunderbarn legende. Gotch
Den January 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 var en dygtig
Omaha politimester H.W. Dunn oprettede overskrifter i marts 28, 1915, da han udstedte en ordre, der forbød den annoncerede professionelle wrestling-kamp mellem Joe Stecher og Jess Westergaard. April 6, 1915 kamp var planlagt til Omaha Auditorium. Høvdingen udstedte faktisk ordren efter anmodning fra Superintendent for Police A.C. Kugle. Kugel udsendte en erklæring til
Den December 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis besejrede Joe Stecher for hans World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Men, 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
Evan “Strangler” Lewis, også kaldet Evan Lewis “Det Strangler”, var en professionel wrestler fra 1882 til 1899. Lewis var den første amerikanske Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” eller “hang hold”, som moderne MMA-fans kender som en guillotine-choke. Lewis fik sin professionelle debut ved at vinde en 64 mand turnering
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 pounds. I 1891, Burns som Iowa sværvægt tog JC. Comstock, Michigan sværvægt. J.C. Comstock was
Den January 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, nogle få amerikanske wrestlere havde endda hævdet at være Nogert før