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 pobjeđuje Westergaarda u Lincolnu

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U postu na blogu prošli mjesec, Pisao sam o poteškoćama koje su imali promotori u organizaciji meča Joea Stechera i Jessa Westergaarda. Prvotno planirano za Omahu, Nebraska, načelnik policije Omahe i policijski komesar bili su zabrinuti zbog toga što je meč unaprijed dogovoren ili a “work”. Nisu htjeli da izložba zaokupi kockare. Kako bi spriječili ovu pojavu, oni

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Frank Gotch plaća njegova dva

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Frank Gotch, farmer iz Humboldt, Iowa, će pobijediti George Hackenschmidt za Svjetsko prvenstvo u teškoj kategoriji Hrvanje 1908. Ova pobjeda i njegova kasnija poraz “Pijuk” u 1911 revanš zacementirao Gotch je mjesto kao jedan od najvećih hrvača svih vremena. Gotch je vrlo talentiran hrvač, ali nije bio neporažen wunderkind legende. Gotch

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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Siječnja 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 je bio vješt

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Šef policije spriječio hrvanje

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Šef policije Omahe H.W. Dunn je napravio naslove u ožujku 28, 1915, kada je izdao naredbu o zabrani oglašenog profesionalnog hrvačkog meča između Joea Stechera i Jessa Westergaarda. The April 6, 1915 utakmica je bila zakazana za Omaha Auditorium. Načelnik je zapravo izdao naredbu po nalogu načelnika policije A.C. Kugel. Kugel je izdao priopćenje za

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Potpuni dogovor Stechera i Zbyszka

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U prosincu 13, 1920, I “Davitelj” Lewis je pobijedio Joea Stechera za Svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju u teškoj kategoriji. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Međutim, 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 “Davitelj” Lewis Shows Mean Streak

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Evan “Davitelj” Klin dizač, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 to 1899. Lewis je bio prvi američki teškoj Catch-kao-ulov Hrvanje prvak. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ili “hang hold”, koju ljubitelji modernog MMA-a poznaju kao giljotinski čok. Lewis je svoj profesionalni debi pobjedom 64 muški turnir

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Farmer Burns Beats Michigan prvak

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Bregunica “Seljak” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Seljak” Burns je bio veliki hrvač u svoje pravo. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 funti. U 1891, Burns što Iowi prvak u teškoj kategoriji je na JC. Comstock, Michigan prvak u teškoj kategoriji. J.C. Comstock was

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Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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Siječnja 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, nekoliko američkih hrvača čak je tvrdio da se Nogert prije

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