Ken Zimmerman Jr.

Jusufs Ismails Amerikas Savienotajās Valstīs cīnījās tikai sešus mēnešus gada pirmajā pusē 1898. Savā pirmajā nozīmīgajā mačā, viņš tika diskvalificēts par rupju pārkāpumu. Savā vienīgajā citā nozīmīgajā mačā, viņš iedeva Evanu “Strangler” Lūiss savas dzīves sitiens. Tomēr viņa īsā tūre pa Amerikas Savienotajām Valstīm padarīja viņu par leģendu. Ismail ienāca

On a Thursday night, Novembris 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 mārciņas. Tomēr, Zbyszko

Pagājušā mēneša emuāra ierakstā, Es rakstīju par grūtībām, kādas bija veicinātājiem, organizējot Džo Steheru pret Džesu Vestergārdu spēli. Sākotnēji plānots Omaha, Nebraska, Omahas policijas priekšnieks un policijas komisārs bija noraizējies par to, ka spēle ir iepriekš norunāta vai a “work”. Viņi nevēlējās, lai izstādē tiktu iesaistīti spēlmaņi. Lai novērstu šo parādību, viņi

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 “Kapāt” in the 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

Janvārī 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

Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

Decembrī 13, 1920, Un “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Tomēr, 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” Vilka ķetna, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 līdz 1899. Lewis bija pirmais amerikāņu Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Cīkstēšanās Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” vai “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis veicis profesionālo debija, uzvarot 64 man tournament