Stecher phá hoại niềm tin

Joe Stecher đấu vật trong thời gian chuyển tiếp của môn đấu vật chuyên nghiệp Mỹ. Prior to 1900, các đô vật tham gia chủ yếu vào các cuộc thi hợp pháp mặc dù các đô vật thỉnh thoảng vẫn thi đấu. After 1915, tất cả các đô vật đã làm việc trong trận đấu của họ. Các đô vật đấu tranh trong các cuộc thi hợp pháp chỉ để giải quyết tranh chấp về thăng hạng hoặc để thực hiện một cú đánh chéo.

Từ 1900 để 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.

Trong 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 bảng, while Plestina weighed 220 bảng. 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, khi nào 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), Diễu hành 27, 1914, p. 13 and wrestlingdata.com

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