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Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

Ar Nollaig 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Mar sin féin, 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 “Strangler” Lewis, ar a dtugtar freisin Evan Lewis “an Strangler”, Bhí wrestler gairmiúla ó 1882 to 1899. Bhí Lewis an Champion chéad Mheiriceánach trom Catch-mar-ghabháil An féidir Wrestling. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” nó “hang hold”, a bhfuil a fhios ag lucht leanúna MMA nua-aimseartha mar choke gilitín. Lewis rinne sé ar an bhfoireann ghairmiúil ag a bhuaigh le 64 comórtas fear

Martin “Feirmeoir” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Feirmeoir” 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 punt. In 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

Ar Eanáir 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, a few American wrestlers had even claimed to be Nogert before

In November 1923, St. Chuir tuairisceoir Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, agallamh ar St. Louis wrestling tionscnóir John Contos. Mhol Murphy do Contos go raibh ré na wrestlers ceannasach cosúil le William Muldoon thart. Labhair Murphy faoin gcluiche le déanaí idir “Craobh an Domhain” Hardneck Phillips agus iomaitheoir an chluiche Webster O’Malley. D’éirigh le Phillips a chraobh a chosaint trí O’Malley a chaitheamh ina dhiaidh 1 hour, 50

Ed “Strangler” 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”

Camchuairt Stanislaus Zbyszko na Stáit Aontaithe i 1910 mar ullmhúchán do chluiche teidil le Frank Gotch, Seaimpín Trom-mheáchain an Domhain, níos déanaí sa bhliain. Thug a chamchuairt é go St. Louis ar Bealtaine 29, 1910. Bhí Zbyszko sceidealaithe chun bualadh le grappler éadrom trom-mheáchain Charley Olson a bhfuil ardmheas air. Bhí Olson ina wrestler oilte, a thraenáil le St. Louis wrestler George

Ar Dé Máirt, Márta 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 agus 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.