스 태니 슬라 우스 Zbyszko 투어에서 1910

후반에서 1909, 스 태니 슬라 우스 Zbyszko 세계 헤비급 레슬링 챔피언 프랭크 고치에 도전하기 위해 미국 여행. Gotch을 충족하기 전에, Zbyszko는 초반에 걸쳐 많은 지역 선수를 미국을 여행하고 앓은 1910. Zbyszko 여행 것 37,000 마일.

일찌기 그의 투어, Zbyszko은 핸디캡 경기에서 프랭크 고치를 만났다. Zbyszko는 Gotch 패배, who was unable to throw him, in a non-title match. The validity of this match is questionable though. Gotch would sometimes lose non-title matches but crush the challenger in the title match. Wrestling correspondents believed Gotch sometimes threw matches to build interest and increase the gate receipts in the title fights.

When Zbyszko landed in America in October 1909, he weighed in at 272 파운드. After six months of touring, Zbyszko weighed 228 파운드. In March 1910 alone, Zbyszko wrestled 8 legitimate contests in Nebraska, 미주리, 일리노이, 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 시간 17 minute draw without a pin being scored. 박사. 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.

로 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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