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En abril 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
In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they
An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 edición del St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising a mail order course on Jujitsu from Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith was originally born in Scotland but was fascinated with demonstrations of Japanese Jujitsu (actually Judo) he saw in England. Smith traveled to Japan with a company and learned Judo reaching 1st degree
Frank Gotch, el chico de granja de Humboldt, Iowa, derrotaría George Hackenschmidt por el Campeonato Mundial Peso Pesado en Wrestling 1908. Esta victoria y su posterior derrota de “Hachazo” en el 1911 revancha cimentó el lugar de Gotch como uno de los más grandes luchadores de todos los tiempos. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
En enero 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 era un experto
Jefe de policía de Omaha H.W.. Dunn creó titulares en marzo 28, 1915, cuando emitió una orden que prohibía el combate de lucha libre profesional anunciado entre Joe Stecher y Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 El partido estaba programado para el Auditorio de Omaha.. De hecho, el jefe emitió la orden a instancias del Superintendente de Policía A.C.. kugel. Kugel emitió un comunicado para
En diciembre 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis derrotó a Joe Stecher por su Campeonato Mundial de Lucha Libre de Peso Pesado. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Sin embargo, 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, también llamado Evan Lewis “el estrangulador”, fue un luchador profesional de 1882 a 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”, que los fanáticos modernos de MMA conocen como estrangulamiento de guillotina. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 torneo masculino
Martín “Agricultor” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Agricultor” 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 libras. In 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
En enero 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, Algunos luchadores estadounidenses incluso habían afirmado antes ser Nogert.