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Aprilie 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” 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
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
Un anunț a fost tipărit în ianuarie 16, 1921 ediția din St. Louis Post-Dispatch reclamă un curs de comandă prin corespondență despre Jujitsu de la Cap. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith s-a născut inițial în Scoția, dar a fost fascinat de demonstrațiile de Jujitsu japonez (de fapt Judo) a văzut în Anglia. Smith a călătorit în Japonia cu o companie și a învățat Judo ajungând la gradul I
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 “Salahor” 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
Deși faimos pentru lupta împotriva lui John L. Sullivan în ultima luptă cu premii la campionatul mondial, disputată sub regulile simple, Jake Kilrain a luat parte și la multe lupte cu mănuși. Luptele cu premii treceau de la regulile cu nodurile goale la lupte cu mănuși în conformitate cu Regulile Marquesului de Queensberry (box amator timpuriu și profesionist) la sfârşitul secolului al XIX-lea. Ca Sullivan, Kilrain avea să lupte în majoră
Ianuarie 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
Decembrie 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Totuși, 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 la 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” sau “hang hold”, pe care fanii moderni de MMA îl cunosc ca un sufoc de ghilotină. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 turneu de oameni
Martin “Agricultor” Burns este celebru astăzi ca formator de luptător legendar Frank Gotch. “Agricultor” Burns a fost un mare luptător în dreptul său propriu. Burns a câștigat american la categoria grea Lupta campion în legitim epoca de lupte pro ciuda faptului că numai 165 de lire sterline. În 1891, Burns ca la categoria grea campion Iowa au luat pe JC. Comstock, categoria grea campion Michigan. J.C. Comstock was