St. Louis Wrestler Surprises Gotch

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Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Poolt 1904 või 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,

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Peter Jackson võitleb Frank Slaviniga

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Esmaspäeval, Mai 30, 1892, suurepärane Peter Jackson pidas kinnasmatši endise kaitsealuse Frank Slaviniga. Mõlemad mehed elasid ja võitlesid Austraalias, kuigi fännide huvi viis Jacksoni maailmaturneele, et kasutada ära rahalisi võimalusi Ameerika Ühendriikides ja Inglismaal. Nagu Austraalias, Jackson leidis sageli, et valged poksijad ei tahtnud temaga võidelda. vähe

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Fred Beell Overcomes Old Champ

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Oktoobril 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) meistrivõistlused, kuid jäi tähelepanu alt välja kuni

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Gotch Easily Beats Raicevich

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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 naela. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Siiski, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated

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Jõuluöö maadlus Fiasco

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Jõuluöö 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the

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