Ken Zimmerman Jr.

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 паунда. В 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

На January 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, няколко американски борци дори бяха твърдяли, че са Ногерт преди

In November 1923, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match between “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50

<Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1799" bbox_w = "16" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = " “<Педя bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1799" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = "” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

Станислав Збишко обиколи Съединените щати през 1910 в подготовка за мач за титлата със световния шампион по борба в тежка категория Франк Гоч по-късно през годината. Обиколката му го доведе до Св. Луис на май 29, 1910. Zbyszko трябваше да се срещне с високо ценения граплер в полутежка категория Charley Olson. Олсън беше опитен борец, който е тренирал със Св. Луис борец Джордж

През месец април 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 години. Гоч беше с една година по-възрастен, но се смяташе за новодошъл. Фенове и репортери, отразяващи спорта, смятат Гоч

Във вторник, Март 22, 1910, Д-р. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 и 1920. Д-р. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Д-р.

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, който е бил 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. За съжаление, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona