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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

On 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, niekoľko amerických zápasníkov dokonca predtým tvrdilo, že je Nogert

In November 1923, St. Reportér Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy urobil rozhovor so St. Louis wrestlingový promotér John Contos. Murphy navrhol Contosovi, že éra dominantných zápasníkov ako William Muldoon sa skončila. Murphy hovoril o nedávnom zápase medzi nimi “Majster sveta” Hardneck Phillips a herný uchádzač Webster O'Malley. Phillips úspešne obhájil svoje prvenstvo tým, že hodil O’Malleyho po 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 absolvoval turné po Spojených štátoch 1910 v rámci prípravy na titulový zápas s majstrom sveta v zápasení v ťažkej váhe Frankom Gotchom neskôr v tomto roku. Jeho turné ho priviedlo do St. Louis v máji 29, 1910. Zbyszko sa mal stretnúť s uznávaným grapplerom v poloťažkej váhe Charleym Olsonom. Olson bol zručný zápasník, ktorý trénoval so sv. Louis zápasník George

Dňa 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 rokov. Gotch bol o rok starší, no považoval sa za napredujúceho. Fanúšikovia a reportéri pokrývajúci šport považovali Gotcha

On Tuesday, Marec 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 a 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, ktorý bol 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. Bohužiaľ, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona