Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

In die laat 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko na die Verenigde State van Amerika Wêreld Swaargewig Kampioen Wrestling Frank Gotch te daag. Voor die vergadering Gotch, Zbyszko regdeur die vroeë deel van getoer die Verenigde State en het gesukkel om baie plaaslike stoeiers 1910. Zbyszko sou reis 37,000 myl.

Vroeg in sy toer, Zbyszko ontmoet Frank Gotch in 'n voorgee wedstryd. Zbyszko verslaan Gotch, wat nie in staat was om hom te gooi, in 'n nie-titel wedstryd. Die geldigheid van hierdie wedstryd is te betwyfel al. Gotch sou soms nie-titel wedstryde verloor, maar onderdruk die uitdager in die titel wedstryd. Wrestling korrespondente geglo Gotch soms gooi wedstryde belang op te bou en die verhoging van die hek kwitansies in die titel gevegte.

Wanneer Zbyszko in Amerika geland in Oktober 1909, Hy geweeg by 272 pond. After six months of touring, Zbyszko weighed 228 pond. In March 1910 alone, Zbyszko wrestled 8 legitimate contests in Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Zbyszko had one of his toughest matches with Dr. Ben Roller in Kansas City, Missouri on March 22, 1910. Zbyszko wrestled Roller to a 2 hour and 17 minute draw without a pin being scored. Dr. Roller did better during the first hour but Zbyszko took over in the second hour. Both men resorted to rough tactics but neither man could score an advantage. Kansas City Police stopped the bout after it became apparent neither man would score a fall.

Zbyszko met Gotch in June 1910 but was defeated in two straight falls. Gotch did not prove himself a gentlemen however. Gotch scored the first fall by tackling Zbyszko off the hand shake to start the match. Zbyszko did eventually become champion in 1926 in a double cross.

Deur 1926, promoters prearranged match results but Zbyszko beat and pinned the champion Wayne Munn in a double cross that would have made Frank Gotch proud. Stanislaus Zbyszko became a world champion in his own right.

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