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 slår Westergaard i 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 betalar sina avgifter

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Frank Gotch, gården pojke från Humboldt, Iowa, skulle besegra George Hackenschmidt för World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship 1908. Denna seger och hans efterföljande nederlag “Hack” i 1911 omspel cementerade Gotch plats som en av de största brottare genom tiderna. Gotch var en mycket begåvad brottare men han var inte den obesegrade underbarn av legenden. Gotch

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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På Januari 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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Polischef förhindrar brottningsmatch

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Omaha polischef H.W. Dunn skapade rubriker i mars 28, 1915, när han utfärdade en order som förbjöd den annonserade professionella brottningsmatchen mellan Joe Stecher och Jess Westergaard. April 6, 1915 matchen var planerad till Omaha Auditorium. Chefen utfärdade faktiskt ordern på uppdrag av Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel avgav ett uttalande till

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Stecher och Zbyszko slutför affären

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På December 13, 1920, Och “Strangler” Lewis besegrade Joe Stecher för hans World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Emellertid, 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 Shows Mean Streak

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, även kallad Evan Lewis “den strangleren”, var en professionell brottare från 1882 till 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” eller “hang hold”, som moderna MMA-fans känner till som en giljotinchoke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man turnering

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Farmer Burns Beats Michigan Champion

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Martin “Farmer” Burns är känd idag som tränare för legendariske brottaren Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Burns var en stor brottare i sin egen rätt. Burns vann amerikanska Heavy Wrestling mästare i den legitima pro wrestling eran trots att bara 165 pounds. I 1891, Burns som Iowa Heavyweight Champion tog på JC. Comstock, Michigan Heavy Champion. J.C. Comstock was

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Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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På Januari 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, några amerikanska brottare hade till och med hävdat att de var Nogert tidigare

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