Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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Ar Eanáir 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, a few American wrestlers had even claimed to be Nogert before

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Blas ag Athrú

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In November 1923, St. Chuir tuairisceoir Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, agallamh ar St. Louis wrestling tionscnóir John Contos. Mhol Murphy do Contos go raibh ré na wrestlers ceannasach cosúil le William Muldoon thart. Labhair Murphy faoin gcluiche le déanaí idir “Craobh an Domhain” Hardneck Phillips agus iomaitheoir an chluiche Webster O’Malley. D’éirigh le Phillips a chraobh a chosaint trí O’Malley a chaitheamh ina dhiaidh 1 hour, 50

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Muldoon Spars Le Sullivan

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Bhí William Muldoon ar an gCraobhchomórtas Domhanda Trom-mheáchain i gCeannas agus ina chultúróir fisiceach iomráiteach, nuair a bhí Muldoon ag gabháil do Sheán L. Lucht tacaíochta Sullivan chun a dtrodaire a fháil i gcruth. Ba é Sullivan a bhí i gceannas ar Dhomhanda Trom-mheáchan Trom-Chorn na Duaise Bare Knuckle. Shínigh sé comhaontú chun freastal ar a iomaitheoir is deacra, Jake Kilrain, i mí Iúil 1889. D'admhaigh Sullivan go raibh sé i ndrochchruth,

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Buann Ad Wolgast Teideal Éadrom

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Ar Dé Máirt, Feabhra 22, 1910, Thug Ad Wolgast dúshlán do churaidh dornálaíochta éadrom an domhain a bhí ag troid le Nelson do theideal Nelson ag Richmond Arena i bPointe Richmond, California. Bhuaigh Nelson, atá 28 bliain d’aois, an teideal nuair a bhain sé sár-Joe Gans amach 1908. Ní raibh saineolaithe dornálaíochta ag súil go mbuafadh Wolgast Nelson cé gur shealbhaigh Wolgast cinneadh nuachtáin thar Nelson i 1909. Pundits

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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EdStrangler” 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 Buaileann Charley Olson

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Camchuairt Stanislaus Zbyszko na Stáit Aontaithe i 1910 mar ullmhúchán do chluiche teidil le Frank Gotch, Seaimpín Trom-mheáchain an Domhain, níos déanaí sa bhliain. Thug a chamchuairt é go St. Louis ar Bealtaine 29, 1910. Bhí Zbyszko sceidealaithe chun bualadh le grappler éadrom trom-mheáchain Charley Olson a bhfuil ardmheas air. Bhí Olson ina wrestler oilte, a thraenáil le St. Louis wrestler George

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Dr. Roller and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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Ar Dé Máirt, Márta 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 agus 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 Loses Unexpectedly

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Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, a bhí 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. Unfortunately, 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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