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Martin “Magsasaka” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Magsasaka” Burns ay isang mahusay na mambunuo sa kanyang sariling karapatan. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pounds. Sa 1891, Burns bilang ang Iowa matimbang Champion Kinunan sa JC. Comstock, ang Michigan matimbang Champion. J.C. Comstock was

Sa Enero 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, ilang American wrestlers pa nga ang nagsabing sila si Nogert noon

In November 1923, St. Ang reporter ng Louis Star-Times na si Billy Murphy ay nakapanayam ng St. Louis wrestling promoter na si John Contos. Iminungkahi ni Murphy kay Contos na tapos na ang panahon ng mga nangingibabaw na wrestler tulad ni William Muldoon. Nagsalita si Murphy tungkol sa kamakailang laban sa pagitan “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips at ang game contender na si Webster O'Malley. Matagumpay na naipagtanggol ni Phillips ang kanyang kampeonato sa pamamagitan ng paghagis kay O'Malley pagkatapos 1 hour, 50

At “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”

Si Stanislaus Zbyszko ay naglibot sa Estados Unidos sa 1910 bilang paghahanda para sa isang title match kay World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch sa bandang huli ng taon. Dinala siya ng kanyang paglilibot sa St. Louis noong Mayo 29, 1910. Si Zbyszko ay nakatakdang makipagkita sa mataas na itinuturing na light heavyweight grappler na si Charley Olson. Si Olson ay isang bihasang wrestler, na nagsanay sa St. Louis wrestler na si George

Sa Abril 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 taon. Si Gotch ay isang taon na mas matanda ngunit itinuturing na isang up and comer. Ang mga tagahanga at reporter na sumasaklaw sa isport ay itinuturing na Gotch

Sa Martes, Marso 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 at 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, na naging 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. Sa kasamaang-palad, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona