致命的十年封面 2
Joe Stecher 在美国职业摔跤的过渡时期摔跤. Prior to 1900, 摔跤手主要从事合法的比赛，尽管摔跤手偶尔会参加比赛. 后 1915, 所有摔跤手都参加了比赛. 摔跤手摔跤只是为了解决促销纠纷或完成双重交叉.
从 1900 至 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.
Joe Stecher 带着他的冠军腰带 (公共领域)
在 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 英镑, while Plestina weighed 220 英镑. 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.
Photo of Marin Plestina (公共领域)
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, 何时 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 (林肯, Nebraska), 三月 27, 1914, p. 13 和 wrestlingdata.com
