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Da Wladek Zbyszko reiste fra USA til Brasil for en lukrativ turné videre
Hvem er den største legitime profesjonelle bryteren til å bryte i USA? Hvordan gjøre
April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
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
I et blogginnlegg forrige måned, Jeg skrev om vanskeligheter arrangørene hadde med å iscenesette Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard-kampen. Opprinnelig planlagt til Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha politimester og politikommisjonær var bekymret for at kampen ble forhåndsplanlagt eller a “arbeid”. De ønsket ikke at spillere ble tatt inn av utstillingen. For å forhindre denne forekomsten, de
En annonse ble skrevet ut i januar 16, 1921 utgave av St. Louis Post-Dispatch annonserer et postordrekurs på Jujitsu fra Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith ble opprinnelig født i Skottland, men var fascinert av demonstrasjoner av japansk Jujitsu (faktisk Judo) så han i England. Smith reiste til Japan med et selskap og lærte at Judo nådde 1. grad
Frank Gotch, gården gutt fra Humboldt, Iowa, ville beseire George Hackenschmidt for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i 1908. Denne seieren og hans påfølgende nederlag “Hack” i 1911 omkamp sementert Gotch sin plass som en av de største brytere i all tid. Gotch var en svært talentfull fotballspiller, men han var ikke den ubeseirede wunderkind av legende. Gotch
Mens kjent for å kjempe mot John L. Sullivan i den siste premiekampen i verdensmesterskapet konkurrerte under bare knokeregler, Jake Kilrain deltok også i mange hanskekamper. Premiekampen gikk over fra regler for bare knoke til hanskekamper under Marquess of Queensberry-reglene (tidlig amatør og profesjonell boksing) på slutten av 1800-tallet. Som Sullivan, Kilrain ville kjempe i dur
Januar 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
Desember 13, 1920, Og “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. However, 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” Lewis, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 til 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”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament
Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pounds. I 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was