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In November 1923, 圣. 圣路易斯星报记者比利·墨菲采访了圣. 圣路易斯摔跤推广人约翰·康托斯. 墨菲向孔托斯提议，像威廉·马尔登这样的摔跤手占据主导地位的时代已经结束. 墨菲谈到了最近的比赛 “世界冠军” Hardneck Phillips 和比赛竞争者 Webster O’Malley. 菲利普斯在击倒奥马利后成功卫冕 1 hour, 50

<跨度bbox_x“925”bbox_y =“1780”bbox_w“16”bbox_h =“19”的fsize =“13”fweight =“3”红=“255”绿色=“255”蓝色=“255”阿尔法“ “<跨度bbox_x =“949”bbox_y“1780”bbox_w =“52”bbox_h =“19”的fsize =“13”fweight =“3”红=“255”绿色=“255”蓝色=“255”阿尔法“” 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”

周二, 三月 22, 1910, 博士. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 和 1920. 博士. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. 博士.

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, 谁是 12 年长几岁, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. 不幸的是, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

我经常发现研究早期职业摔跤的最大挑战是将事实与虚构分开. 即使摔跤手参加合法的比赛, 他们经常夸大结果, 围绕他们的胜利建立了虚构的民间传说，并编造了奇幻的故事来解释他们的失败. 职业摔跤起源于嘉年华并保留了这项艺术的推广本能. 圣.