Police Chief Prevents Wrestling Match

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Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. Prill 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

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Stecher and Zbyszko Complete Deal

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Më dhjetor 13, 1920, Dhe “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Megjithatë, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis Shows Mean Streak

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 në 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ose “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament

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Farmer Burns Beats Michigan Champion

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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

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Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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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

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Ndryshimi i shijeve

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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

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Muldoon Spars Me Sullivan

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William Muldoon mbretëronte kampion Wrestling Botëror Heavyweight dhe një culturist theksuar fizik, kur Muldoon u fejua nga John L. Mbështetësit e Sullivan për ta mbajtur luftëtarin e tyre në formë. Sullivan ishte fuqi Botëror Heavyweight Bare grusht Prizefighting Champion. Ai nënshkroi një marrëveshje për të takuar sfiduesin e tij më të ashpër, Jake Kilrain, në korrik 1889. Sullivan pranoi se ishte në gjendje të keqe,

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Reklama Wolgast fiton titullin e peshës së lehtë

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Të martën, Shkurt 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast sfidoi kampionin botëror të boksit të peshave të lehta, duke luftuar Nelson për titullin e Nelson në Richmond Arena në Point Richmond, Kaliforni. 28-vjeçari Nelson fitoi titullin duke mposhtur të madhin Joe Gans 1908. Ekspertët e boksit nuk prisnin që Wolgast të mundte Nelson edhe pse Wolgast mbajti një vendim gazete mbi Nelson në 1909. Ekspertët

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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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”

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