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 in Lincoln

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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 Gotcha Pays Svoje príspevky

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Frank Gotcha, 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 “Kopnutie” 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

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Jake Kilrain Boxes to a Draw

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While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major

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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 bol šikovný

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Policajný prezident bráni Wrestling Match

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Šéf polície v Omahe H.W. Dunn vytvoril titulky v marci 28, 1915, keď vydal príkaz zakazujúci propagovaný profesionálny wrestlingový zápas medzi Joe Stecherom a Jessom Westergaardom. The April 6, 1915 zápas bol naplánovaný na Omaha Auditorium. Náčelník skutočne vydal príkaz na príkaz policajného dozorcu A.C. Kugel. Kugel vydal vyhlásenie

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Stecher a Zbyszko dokončili dohodu

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Decembra 13, 1920, EdStrangler” Lewis porazil Joea Stechera na jeho majstrovstvách sveta v ťažkej váhe. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Však, 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 Ukazuje Mean Streak

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, tiež volal Evan Lewis “škrtič”, bol profesionálny zápasník z 1882 na 1899. Lewis bol prvý Američan Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Zápas Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” alebo “hang hold”, ktorú novodobí fanúšikovia MMA poznajú pod názvom gilotínová tlmivka. Lewis robil jeho profesionálny debut víťazstvom 64 mužský turnaj

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Farmer Burns Beats Michigan Champion

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Martin “Poľnohospodár” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Poľnohospodár” 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 libier. V 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

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