Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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Ledna 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, několik amerických zápasníků dokonce dříve tvrdilo, že jsou Nogert

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Changing Tastes

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In November 1923, St. 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 betweenWorld ChampionHardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50

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Muldoon ráhen S Sullivanem

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William Muldoon was the reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a noted physical culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. Sullivan’s backers to get their fighter in shape. Sullivan was the reigning World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. He signed an agreement to meet his toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, in July 1889. Sullivan admitted he was in bad shape,

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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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”

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Stanislaus Zbyszko se setkává s Charleym Olsonem

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Stanislaus Zbyszko absolvoval turné po Spojených státech 1910 v přípravě na titulový zápas s mistrem světa v těžké váze Frankem Gotchem později v tomto roce. Jeho turné ho přivedlo do St. Louis v květnu 29, 1910. Zbyszko se měl setkat s vysoce uznávaným grapplerem polotěžké váhy Charleym Olsonem. Olson byl zručný zápasník, který trénoval se St. Louis zápasník George

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Dr. Roller and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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V úterý, Březen 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.

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Wladek Zbyszko ztrácí Neočekávaně,en

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

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