Stecher and Lewis At It Again

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Et “Strangulatam” 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, ideo ille est specimen mundi champion in moderna aetate compositus. Autem, early in his career, Lewis

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Was It a Shoot or a Work?

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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

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Pesek Goes Into Business for Himself

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John “Tigerman” Pesek wrestled several “shoot” matches during the “worked” 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 “shoots” were rare. When they did occur, it was normally to settle a dispute among promoters or a

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Legitimate Brawl or Pre-Match Hype?

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Ad finem 1905, Fred Beell was traveling America hyping up a match with former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Beell was a former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion having defeated Frank Gotch in a “worked” match in New Orleans during December 1903. He lost the title back to Gotch a few weeks later. Capable wrestlers, Jenkins and Beell

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Stecher Meets Pesek in St. Ludovicus

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Joe Stecher and JohnTiger ManPesek were legitimate wrestlers in a primarily “worked” era, where matches were predetermined unless someone decided to double-cross the other wrestler or promoter by turning the match into a legitimate contest. Double-crosses only worked, if the wrestler could legitimately win the match. John Pesek didn’t like the worked nature of wrestling and often turned

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Tiger Man Tames Nat Pendleton

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In 1922, New York promotor Jack Curley cucurrit afoul ex Pulvis Auri Trio, Puer Sandow procurator, Mundus Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangulatam” Ludovicus et luctator / ingenio promotionis Josephi “Toots” Mondt. Trio patrocinium mundi gubernavit et Curley de libri pugile adligat. Ut etiam cum Trio, Curley infensi promovere palaestram Olympicam palaestram et collegiatam coepit

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Stanislai Zbyszko Beat Carolus Cicero

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Stanislaus Zbyszko iter ad Civitates Americae Unitas in 1909 quaerimus parem cum agnito mundo Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Ut in figura huius provocationis et aedificationis exspectationem tituli par, Zbyskzo maxime lustrata ex urbibus maioribus in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae. Per May 1910, Zbyszko venit in St. Aloisius pro suo pare Caroli luctatore capax

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From Back accipit Cicero Title Zbyszko

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In December 14, 1922, turba 10,000 fans repleti Sancti. Ludovicum Coliseum spectare rematch inter mundi hodiernas Gravia certamina Champion Ed “Strangulatam” Lodovicus et Stanislaus Zbyszko former quondam fortissimus. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko ad titulum in Wichita, Kansas mense Martio 1922. Ignota his fans, consilium erat Zbyszko parem amittere Ludovico but

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