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In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times kazetariaren Billy Murphy elkarrizketatu dute St. Louis borrokaren sustatzailea John Contos. Murphyk Contos-i proposatu zion William Muldoon bezalako borrokalari menderatzaileen aroa amaitu zela. Murphyren arteko azken partidaren berri eman zuen “Munduko txapelduna” Hardneck Phillips eta Webster O´Malley joko lehiakidea. Phillipsek arrakastaz defendatu du bere txapelketa O´Malley jaurtita ondoren 1 hour, 50

Eta “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

Asteartean, Martxoa 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller Stanislaus Zbyszko ezagutu a borroka zilegia partidan. Borroka profesionala zilegia lehiaketa trantsizioa arteko erakusketa eszenaratzen 1910 eta 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller Pennsylvaniako Unibertsitateko graduatu profesionalean jokatu arabera. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, nor zen 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Zoritxarrez, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.