Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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Nan mwa janvye 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 a skilled

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Police Chief Prevents Wrestling Match

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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. Avril la 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

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Stecher and Zbyszko Complete Deal

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Sou Desanm 13, 1920, EdStranglerLewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Sepandan, 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 Montre Mean Streak

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, yo te rele tou Evan Lewis “Strangler a”, te yon wrèstle pwofesyonèl ki soti nan 1882 to 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” oswa “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament

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Kiltivatè Burns bat Michigan Champion

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Martin “Kiltivatè” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Kiltivatè” 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 liv. Nan 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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Nan mwa janvye 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

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Chanje gou

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In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times repòtè Billy Murphy entèvyouve St. Louis lit pwomotè Jan Contos. Murphy pwopoze nan Contos ki epòk la nan luteur dominan tankou William Muldoon te sou. Murphy te pale de dènye match la “Mondyal chanpyon” Hardneck Phillips ak contender nan jwèt Webster O'Malley. Phillips avèk siksè defann chanpyona li a pa voye O'Malley apre 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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Stanislaus Zbyszko rankontre Charley Olson

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Stanislaus Zbyszko te fè yon toune Etazini nan 1910 an preparasyon pou yon match tit ak World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch pita nan ane a. Vwayaj li mennen l 'nan St. Louis nan mwa me 29, 1910. Zbyszko te pwograme pou rankontre Charley Olson, grappler pwa loud trè konsidere. Olson se te yon luteur kalifye, ki te antrene ak St. Louis wrèstle George

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Gotch fot wout li nan Tit

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Sou Avril 3, 1908, Lit Ameriken chanpyon Frank Gotch te rankontre Mondyal Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt pou Tit Mondyal la nan Dexter Park Pavilion nan Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt te defèt kòm yon pwofesyonèl, men te Mondyal Champion pou apeprè 7 ane. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch

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