Gotch Meets Match in Zbyszko

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On a Thursday night, November 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 font. Viszont, Zbyszko

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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” 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

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Stecher Beats Westergaard Lincolnban

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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 fizeti a Dues

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Frank Gotch, A gazdaság fiú a Humboldt, Iowa, meghiúsítaná George Hackenschmidt a World Heavyweight Championship Wrestling in 1908. Ez a győzelem, majd azt követő vereség “Hack” a 1911 visszavágót bebetonozta Gotch helyét, mint az egyik legnagyobb birkózók minden idők. Gotch volt egy nagyon tehetséges pankrátor, de nem volt a veretlen csodagyerek a legenda. Gotch

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Jake Kilrain döntetlenre dönt

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Míg arról híres, hogy John L. Sullivan a legutóbbi világbajnoki díjharcban csupasz csülökszabályok mellett vívott, Jake Kilrain is sok kesztyűs viadalon vett részt. A nyereményharc áttért a csupasz ütős szabályokról a kesztyűs viadalokra a Queensberry Márquess Rules szabályai szerint. (korai amatőr és profi boksz) a 19. század végén. Mint Sullivan, Kilrain őrnagyban harcolna

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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On January 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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Police Chief Prevents Wrestling Match

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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

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Stecher and Zbyszko Complete Deal

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On December 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Viszont, 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, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 a 1899. Lewis volt az első amerikai nehézsúlyú Catch-as-retesz Birkózás Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” vagy “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis tette szakmai bemutatkozó megnyerte a 64 man tournament

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