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” Åberg. 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 Beats Westergaard in Lincoln

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In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they

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Frank Gotch debita soluit

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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” in 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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On January 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 peritus erat

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Stecher et Zbyszko The Fac

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In December 13, 1920, Et “Strangulatam” Ludovicus Joe Stecher vicit pro mundo suo Championship Gravis palaestrae. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Autem, 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 “Strangulatam” Lewis ostendit virgarum Mean

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Evan “Strangulatam” Lewis, et vocavit Evan Lewis “in Strangler”, erat a professio a luctator 1882 ut 1899. Ludovicus primus American-quod-capite Heavyweight Capere Can palaestrica Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” vel “hang hold”, quae modern MMA fans scit ut guillotine suffocat. Lodovicus professionalem a debut a conciliandos 64 homo torneamentum

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Agricola et ardebit sedes Michigan Champion

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Martin “Agricola” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Agricola” Inutilis facta est suae rei urente. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pondo. In 1891, Ardet ut ad Iowa Heavyweight Champion suscepit JC. Comstock, non quis fuerim in Michigan Heavyweight. J.C. Comstock was

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Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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On January 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, nonnulli luctatores Americanos etiam ante Nogertum esse asserunt

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