Tag: Vang-as-Vang-Kan Stoei

Januarie 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko was 'n bedrewe

Omaha-polisiehoof H.W. Dunn het in Maart opskrifte geskep 28, 1915, toe hy 'n bevel uitgereik het wat die geadverteerde professionele stoeiwedstryd tussen Joe Stecher en Jess Westergaard verbied. The April 6, 1915 wedstryd was geskeduleer vir die Omaha Ouditorium. Die hoof het eintlik die bevel uitgereik in opdrag van Superintendent van Polisie A.C. Kugel. Kugel het 'n verklaring uitgereik aan

Op Desember 13, 1920, En “Worger” Lewis het Joe Stecher vir sy Wêreld-swaargewigstoeikampioenskap verslaan. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Egter, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud

Evan “Worger” Lewis, ook genoem Evan Lewis “die worger”, was 'n professionele stoeier van 1882 te 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” of “hang hold”, wat moderne MMA-aanhangers as 'n guillotine-choke ken. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man toernooi

Martin “Boer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Boer” Burns was 'n groot stoeier in sy eie reg. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 pond. In 1891, Burns as die Iowa Swaargewig Kampioen het op JC. Comstock, die Michigan Swaargewig Kampioen. J.C. Comstock was

Januarie 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, 'n paar Amerikaanse stoeiers het selfs voorheen beweer dat hulle Nogert is

In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times verslaggewer Billy Murphy het 'n onderhoud met St. Louis-stoeipromotor John Contos. Murphy het aan Contos voorgestel dat die era van dominante stoeiers soos William Muldoon verby is. Murphy het gepraat oor die onlangse wedstryd tussen “Wêreldkampioen” Hardneck Phillips en die spelaanspraakmaker Webster O'Malley. Phillips het sy kampioenskap suksesvol verdedig deur O'Malley agterna te gooi 1 hour, 50

En “Worger” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

Op Dinsdag, Maart 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 en 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.