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జో స్టెచెర్ అమెరికన్ ప్రొఫెషనల్ రెజ్లింగ్లో పరివర్తన సమయంలో కుస్తీ చేశాడు. Prior to 1900, మల్లయోధులు ప్రధానంగా చట్టబద్ధమైన పోటీలలో నిమగ్నమై ఉన్నారు, అయితే రెజ్లర్లు అప్పుడప్పుడు పని మ్యాచ్లు చేస్తారు. తర్వాత 1915, అన్ని మల్లయోధులు తమ మ్యాచ్లకు పనిచేశారు. రెజ్లర్లు ప్రచార వివాదాన్ని పరిష్కరించడానికి లేదా డబుల్-క్రాస్ను తీయడానికి మాత్రమే చట్టబద్ధమైన పోటీలను కుస్తీ చేశారు.
From 1900 to 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches and legitimate contests. Stecher started wrestling legitimate contests after his debut in 1912 but by 1918, Stecher worked his matches.
లో 1914, Stecher wrestled Marin Plestina, another relative novice who debuted in 1910. Two hundred Stecher fans from Dodge, Nebraska traveled to Lincoln to watch the match.
Tex Rickard, the famous boxing promoter, hired Plestina to be the first trust buster. Rickard challenged Jack Curley’s promotional dominance of professional wrestling in New York City. Curley assigned John “Tigerman” Pesek to wrestle Plestina in a legitimate contest to settle the conflict.
Before he became a trust buster five years later, Plestina traveled to Lincoln to wrestle Stecher on March 26, 1914. Plestina regretted making the trip.
Stecher quickly showed his superiority. Only Plestina’s superior strength allowed him to survive.
Stecher stood a lanky six feet, one inch tall, an inch taller than Plestina. Stecher weighed 205 పౌండ్ల, while Plestina weighed 220 పౌండ్ల. Stecher utilized his superior reach to secure the body scissors repeatedly.
Plestina pushed Stecher off two or three times before Stecher secured a body scissors with an arm bar. Stecher forced Plestina’s shoulders to the mat at the 17-minute mark.
The intermission lasted longer than the second fall. After the 10-minute intercession, Stecher needed only three minutes to finish Plestina. Stecher secured another body scissors and arm bar combination to pin Plestina.
Both men continued training in legitimate wrestling. Even though the profession transitioned into worked exhibitions in the upcoming years, Stecher and Plestina could beat most wrestlers in a legitimate contest. Stecher occupied the top spot amongst legitimate professional wrestlers from this time to around 1917, ఉన్నప్పుడు Ed “Strangler” Lewis finally defeated Stecher in a legitimate contest. For now, Joe Stecher was the man.
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Sources: The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), నిదానంగా నడుచు 27, 1914, p. 13 and wrestlingdata.com