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-ek Westergaard-i irabazi dio Lincolnen

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Joan den hilabeteko blog batean, Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard partida antolatzeko sustatzaileek izan zituzten zailtasunei buruz idatzi nuen. Hasiera batean Omaharako antolatu zen, Nebraska, Omahako Polizia Burua eta Polizia Komisarioa kezkatuta zeuden partida aldez aurretik antolatuta edo a “work”. Ez zuten nahi apustuzaleak erakusketan hartzea. Gertaera hori saihesteko, haiek

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Frank Gotch Pays Bere Tasak

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Frank Gotch, Humboldt abeletxean mutila, Iowa, garaitzeko litzateke George Hackenschmidt World Heavyweight Borroka txapelketa 1908. Garaipena hau eta bere ondorengo porrota “Hack” in the 1911 errebantxa zementatuta Gotch en lekua garai guztietako wrestlers handienetako bat bezala. 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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Urtarrilaren On 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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Police Chief Prevents Wrestling Match

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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. Kugelek adierazpen bat egin zuen

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Stecher and Zbyszko Complete Deal

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Abenduaren on 13, 1920, Eta “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Hala ere, 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 “Strangler” Lewis Mean Streak Ikuskizunak

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, Evan Lewis ere deitzen “Strangler”, batetik Wrestler profesionala izan 1882 arte 1899. Lewis lehen American Heavyweight Harrapatu-as-Harrapatu Ezin Borroka txapelduna izan zen. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” edo “hang hold”, MMA zale modernoek gillotina txoke gisa ezagutzen dutena. Lewis bere debuta profesional bat irabazi 64 gizon txapelketa

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Baserritarrak Burns Beats Michigan txapelduna

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Martin “Baserritarrak” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Baserritarrak” 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 libera. Urtean 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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Urtarrilaren On 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, borrokalari estatubatuar batzuk lehenago ere Nogert zirela aldarrikatu zuten

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