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Apríl 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Á október 20, 1916, Ad Santel, þekktur „krókari“ eða hæfur uppgjafarglímumaður, met Taro
Hver er mesti lögmæti atvinnuglímumaðurinn til að glíma í Bandaríkjunum? How do
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg komst í fréttirnar 1917 í málaferlum vegna neitunar hans um að uppfylla glímuskuldbindingu í Boston í mars 1917. Aberg samþykkti að glíma við Wladek Zbyszko, helsti andstæðingur hans á meðan 1915 New York alþjóðleg glímumót, fyrir Boston verkefnisstjóra George Touhey. Þó, Aberg dró sig úr bardaga skömmu eftir að hafa skrifað undir samning um að glíma við sitt
Eftir að hafa giftst konu sinni Gladys og barið Georg Hackenschmidt í annað sinn, bæði inn 1911, Heimsmeistarinn í þungavigt, Frank Gotch, byrjaði að glíma með takmarkaðri dagskrá. Eiginkona hans Gladys var ekki mikill aðdáandi glímu og vildi að nýi eiginmaðurinn hennar myndi eyða meiri tíma heima í Humboldt, Iowa. Í heimi glímunnar á sínum tíma,
Clarence Whistler was born in Indiana during 1856. While standing only 5’09” or so and weighing 165 £, Whistler was considered one of the most powerful wrestlers of his era. Whistler was the only wrestler able to give William Muldoon a hard time during Muldoon’s 9-year run as World Champion. Whistler primarily competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, the dominant style in
Á maí 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American
Leading into his January 24, 1921 title match with former world champion Earl Caddock, Heimsmeistari í þungavigt í glímu Ed “Strangler” Lewis was reputed to have injured his previous two opponents, Wladek Zbyszko and Joe Stecher, with his headlock. Lewis would use the headlock to hip toss his opponent to the floor. Zbyszko was knocked senseless, when his head hit the
Á október 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. Í 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this
Apríl 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March
Og “Strangler” Lewis enjoyed one of the most successful careers in professional wrestling. Although Lewis wrestled in mostly staged exhibitions, he possessed legitimate wrestling skills. Future protege Lou Thesz said many times Lewis could beat any wrestler at any time, so he was the ideal world champion in the modern era of prearranged matches. Þó, early in his career, Lewis
At the end of December 1916, a strange event occurred. John F. Olin, a local Massachusetts wrestler, won a match with the current World Champion Joe Stecher. The referee declared Olin the winner after Stecher walked away from the match. Before the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) made changes to the rules in the 1950s, championships changed hands through disqualification or
John “Tigerman” Pesek wrestled several “shoot” matches during the “unnið” era of the 1920s. By this time, American professional wrestlers cooperated with each other to put on exciting matches for the fans. Results were predetermined by promoters and managers. Legitimate contests or “skýtur” were rare. When they did occur, it was normally to settle a dispute among promoters or a