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Babil “Fermer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Fermer” 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 £. Në 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

Ne Janar 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, disa mundës amerikanë madje kishin pretenduar se ishin Nogert më parë

In November 1923, St. Gazetari i Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy intervistoi St. Promotori i mundjes Louis, John Contos. Murphy i propozoi Contos se epoka e mundësve dominues si William Muldoon kishte mbaruar.. Murphy foli për ndeshjen e fundit mes tyre “Kampion Bote” Hardneck Phillips dhe pretendenti i lojës Webster O'Malley. Phillips mbrojti me sukses kampionatin e tij duke gjuajtur O'Malley pas 1 hour, 50

Dhe “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 bëri një turne në Shtetet e Bashkuara 1910 në përgatitje për një ndeshje titulli me kampionin botëror të mundjes në peshë të rëndë Frank Gotch më vonë gjatë vitit. Turneu i tij e solli në St. Louis në maj 29, 1910. Zbyszko ishte planifikuar të takohej me grapplerin shumë të vlerësuar të peshave të rënda, Charley Olson. Olson ishte një mundës i aftë, i cili stërviti me St. Luis mundës George

Në prill 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 vjet. Gotch ishte një vit më i madh, por konsiderohej si një i ri dhe i ardhur. Tifozët dhe gazetarët që mbulojnë sportin e konsideruan Gotch

Të martën, Mars 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 dhe 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, who was 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. Për fat të keq, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona