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Martin “Agricultor” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Agricultor” Burns, foi um grande lutador em seu próprio direito. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 libras. Em 1891, Queimaduras como o Heavyweight Champion Iowa assumiu JC. Comstock, o Heavyweight Champion Michigan. J.C. Comstock was

Em janeiro de 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, alguns lutadores americanos até alegaram ser Nogert antes

In November 1923, St. O repórter do Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, entrevistou St.. O promotor de luta livre de Louis, John Contos. Murphy propôs a Contos que a era dos lutadores dominantes como William Muldoon havia acabado. Murphy falou sobre a recente partida entre “Campeão Mundial” Hardneck Phillips e o contendor do jogo Webster O’Malley. Phillips defendeu com sucesso seu campeonato ao lançar O'Malley após 1 hour, 50

Ed “Strangler” 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”

Stanislaus Zbyszko viajou pelos Estados Unidos em 1910 em preparação para uma luta pelo título com o campeão mundial de luta livre Frank Gotch no final do ano. Sua turnê o levou a St.. Luís em maio 29, 1910. Zbyszko estava programado para enfrentar o conceituado grappler meio-pesado Charley Olson. Olson era um lutador habilidoso, que treinou com St.. O lutador de Louis George

Em abril de 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 anos. Gotch era um ano mais velho, mas era considerado um novato. Fãs e repórteres que cobrem o esporte consideram Gotch

Na terça-feira, Março 22, 1910, Dr.. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 e 1920. Dr.. 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. Dr..

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, que era 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. Infelizmente, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona