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Aprila 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
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
V objavi v blogu prejšnji mesec, Pisal sem o težavah, ki so jih imeli promotorji pri pripravi dvoboja Joe Stecher proti Jess Westergaard. Prvotno načrtovano za Omaho, Nebraska, načelnik policije Omaha in policijski komisar sta bila zaskrbljena, da je bila tekma vnaprej dogovorjena ali a “work”. Niso želeli, da bi razstava prevzela hazarderje. Da bi preprečili ta pojav, oni
Januarja je bil natisnjen oglas 16, 1921 izdaja St. Louis Post-Dispatch oglašuje tečaj o Jujitsu po pošti pri Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith je bil prvotno rojen na Škotskem, vendar je bil navdušen nad demonstracijami japonskega jujitsa (pravzaprav judo) je videl v Angliji. Smith je s podjetjem odpotoval na Japonsko in se učil juda ter dosegel 1. stopnjo
Frank Gotch, Kmetija fant iz Humboldt, Iowa, bi poraz George Hackenschmidt za Svetovno prvenstvo v Težji Wrestling 1908. Ta zmaga in njegova kasnejša poraz “Hack” pri 1911 revanš utrdili Gotch je mesto kot ena od največjih rokoborcev vseh časov. Gotch je bil zelo nadarjen rokoborec, vendar ni bil nepremagan wunderkind legendo. Gotch
Januarja 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 bil spreten
Vodja policije Omaha H.W. Dunn je marca ustvaril naslovnice 28, 1915, ko je izdal odredbo o prepovedi oglaševane profesionalne rokoborbe med Joejem Stecherjem in Jessom Westergaardom. The April 6, 1915 tekma je bila na sporedu v dvorani Omaha Auditorium. Šef je dejansko izdal ukaz na ukaz policijskega nadzornika A.C. Kugel. Kugel je podal izjavo za
Decembra 13, 1920, In “Strangler” Lewis je premagal Joeja Stecherja za naslov svetovnega prvaka v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Vendar, 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
Evan “Strangler” Lewis, imenovana tudi Evan Lewis “Strangler”, je poklicni rokoborec iz 1882 za 1899. Lewis je bil prvi ameriški Težji Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling prvak. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ali “hang hold”, ki ga moderni oboževalci MMA poznajo kot giljotinsko dušilko. Lewis je svojo profesionalno debitiral z zmago 64 moški turnir
Martin “Kmet” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Kmet” Burns je bil velik borec v svoji desni. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 funtov. V 1891, Opekline so Iowa prvak v težki kategoriji je na JC. Comstock, Michigan prvak v težki kategoriji. J.C. Comstock was
Januarja 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, nekaj ameriških rokoborcev je pred tem celo trdilo, da so Nogert