Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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On January 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 bol šikovný

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Policajný prezident bráni Wrestling Match

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Šéf polície v Omahe H.W. Dunn vytvoril titulky v marci 28, 1915, keď vydal príkaz zakazujúci propagovaný profesionálny wrestlingový zápas medzi Joe Stecherom a Jessom Westergaardom. The April 6, 1915 zápas bol naplánovaný na Omaha Auditorium. Náčelník skutočne vydal príkaz na príkaz policajného dozorcu A.C. Kugel. Kugel vydal vyhlásenie

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Stecher a Zbyszko dokončili dohodu

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Decembra 13, 1920, EdStrangler” Lewis porazil Joea Stechera na jeho majstrovstvách sveta v ťažkej váhe. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Však, 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

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis Ukazuje Mean Streak

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, tiež volal Evan Lewis “škrtič”, bol profesionálny zápasník z 1882 na 1899. Lewis bol prvý Američan Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Zápas Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” alebo “hang hold”, ktorú novodobí fanúšikovia MMA poznajú pod názvom gilotínová tlmivka. Lewis robil jeho profesionálny debut víťazstvom 64 mužský turnaj

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Farmer Burns Beats Michigan Champion

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Martin “Poľnohospodár” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Poľnohospodár” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 libier. V 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

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Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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On January 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, niekoľko amerických zápasníkov dokonca predtým tvrdilo, že je Nogert

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Zmena chutí

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In November 1923, St. Reportér Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy urobil rozhovor so St. Louis wrestlingový promotér John Contos. Murphy navrhol Contosovi, že éra dominantných zápasníkov ako William Muldoon sa skončila. Murphy hovoril o nedávnom zápase medzi nimi “Majster sveta” Hardneck Phillips a herný uchádzač Webster O'Malley. Phillips úspešne obhájil svoje prvenstvo tým, že hodil O’Malleyho po 1 hour, 50

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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EdStrangler” 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”

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Gotch Fouls His Way to Title

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Dňa 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 rokov. Gotch bol o rok starší, no považoval sa za napredujúceho. Fanúšikovia a reportéri pokrývajúci šport považovali Gotcha

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Dr. Roller and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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On Tuesday, Marec 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 a 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.

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