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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სტიჩერ Beats ვესტერგარდი ლინკოლნში

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გასულ თვეში ბლოგ პოსტში, მე დავწერე იმ სირთულეების შესახებ, რომლებიც პრომოუტერებს ჰქონდათ ჯო სტეჩერისა და ჯეს ვესტერგარდის მატჩის დადგმისას. თავდაპირველად დაგეგმილი იყო ომაჰაში, Nebraska, ომაჰას პოლიციის უფროსი და პოლიციის კომისარი შეშფოთებულნი იყვნენ მატჩის წინასწარ შეთანხმებით ან ა “work”. მათ არ სურდათ, რომ აზარტული მოთამაშეები გამოფენაზე მიეღოთ. ამ შემთხვევის თავიდან ასაცილებლად, მათ

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ფოსტის შეკვეთა JuJitsu in 1921

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An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 გამოცემა წმინდა. 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

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Frank Gotch იხდის მისი მოსაკრებლებისა

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Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” იმ 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. 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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წლის 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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პოლიციის უფროსი აფერხებს ჭიდაობის მატჩი

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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. Kugel issued a statement to

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სტეჩერმა და ზბიშკომ დაასრულეს გარიგება

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წლის 13, 1920, და “Strangler” ლუისმა დაამარცხა ჯო სტეჩერი მძიმე წონაში ჭიდაობის მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატისთვის. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. However, 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 გადაცემები Mean Streak

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, ასევე მოუწოდა Evan Lewis “Strangler”, პროფესიონალი მოჭიდავე 1882 to 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ან “hang hold”, რომელსაც თანამედროვე MMA თაყვანისმცემლები გილიოტინის ჩოკის სახელით იცნობენ. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 მამაკაცის ტურნირი

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Farmer ბერნსი Beats Michigan ჩემპიონი

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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 ფუნტი. In 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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წლის 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, a few American wrestlers had even claimed to be Nogert before

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