Zbyszko and the Last Shoot Match

Stanislaus Zbyszko was born Stanislaw Jan Cyganiewicz on April 1, 1880 in Jodlow, بولندا, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Zbyszko chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. An article in the Walla Walla, Washington newspaper, The Evening Statesman’s يوم الثلاثاء, فبراير 8, 1910, publicized Zbyszko’s university and intellectual accomplishments.

Stanislaus Zbyszko was in the United States campaigning for a try at فرانك جونش, the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Zbyszko was both an accomplished wrestler and weightlifter like George Hackenschmidt, the man Gotch beat for the title.

Zbyszko had already wrestled with Gotch to a one hour draw in 1909. They would wrestle again in June 1910 but many would say Gotch used poor sportsmanship and jumped Zbyszko during the handshake pinning Zbyszko in under 6 ثواني. Gotch would then beat Zbyszko for the second fall after 30 <تمتد bbox_x = "273" bbox_y = "1490" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = ". Gotch would not wrestle Zbyszko again after this match. لكن, due to the tainted nature of the loss, وجد Zbyszko نفسه مصارعًا أكثر رواجًا من قبل المروجين.

In late 1910, Zbyszko would take on his greatest opponent, ال Great Gama. Gama, an undefeated wrestler Gotch and many other champions avoided, was not able to beat Zbyszko the first time they battled. The match ended in a draw. After this match, Gama solved the puzzle. He defeated Zbyszko in all their subsequent matches including the last one in 1928, when both men were pushing 50 سنوات من العمر.

ومن المفارقات, Stanislaus Zbyszko won his first World Wrestling Championship after his prime, when wrestling was “worked” or pre-arranged. في كلمته رئيس الحكومة, the matches were “shoots” or legitimate contests.

In the prearranged era, و “خانق” Lewis needed someone to drop the belt to occasionally. Zbyszko had enough of a reputation to make the contests seem legitimate.

“خانق” Lewis was part of a promotion group that controlled the World title. Lewis was a “hooker’ or legitimate wrestler skilled in submissions. He could legitimately beat any wrestler around. When he was supposed to win the championship back, if the other wrestler refused, he simply beat him legitimately and took it.

جو ستيتشر, who had been part of the promotion group but bore Lewis a grudge for beating him legitimately in 1920 بعد أن رفض ستيشر إسقاط الحزام. رأى ستيشر فرصة عندما وضع لويس وشركاؤه اللقب “Big” Wayne Munn, a football player with no actual wrestling ability.

Zbyszko was scheduled for a match with Munn on April 15, 1925 in which Zbyszko was going to lose. Munn’s would seem more invincible after beating a man of Stanislaus Zbyszko’s reputation. لكن, دفع جو ستيشر لـ Zbyszko ليهزم Munn.

In the last verified shoot match, Zbyszko pinned Munn in straight falls. The referee, who was in on the prearranged outcome, award the match to Zbyszko only because he feared the fans would riot. قام Zbyszko بسرعة بإسقاط الحزام على Stecher في نوبة عمل.

لقد غيرت عرضية Stecher وZbyszko المزدوجة الطريقة التي يحمي بها مروجو المصارعة بطولاتهم. Legitimate wrestlers like Lou Thesz or legitimate tough guys like Harley Race were chosen to carry the belts to prevent double crosses like the one perpetrated on Munn.

Zbyszko retired and had a prominent role in The Night and the City (1950) في 71 سنة. He died in St. جوزيف, MO on September 23, 1967 في سن 88 سنة.

اليوم, Zbyszko is all but forgotten but for the first two decades of the century, he was one of the most celebrated athletes in the United States and Europe.

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