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Nan Madi, Mas 22, 1910, Doktè. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 ak 1920. Doktè. 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. Doktè.

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, ki moun ki te 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Malerezman, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.

Sou Desanm 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch pèdi yon batay twa semèn ak anpwazònman Emolitik. Doktè eseye kenbe ren l 'ale atravè tout yon operasyon nan Chicago men li bay sèlman pou yon ti tan soulajman. Gotch gen entansyon vwayaje nan Hot Springs, Arkansas eseye ak retabli sante l '. Operasyon an te fini esperans sa a. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able

Nan Lendi, Fevriye 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis ak “Little Demon” Joe Acton te rankontre nan Battery D nan Chicago, Illinois. Li ta premye nan plizyè kou egzibisyon ant mesye yo. Yo te fè egzibisyon sa yo nan pi gwo vil Midwès yo byen bonè 1887. Tankou St. Pòl matche ak mwen te kouvri nan yon pòs pi bonè, Lewis ak Acton te dakò

This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Nan sa a Episode, I discuss what Evan “Strangler a” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Sepandan, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis

Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” pwomosyon lit ak bat Munn pou la

Nan menm jou a, Joe Stecher te lite Stanislaus Zbyszko pou vèsyon rekonèt chanpyona Mondyal Lut Pwa lou nan St.. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and

Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 liv, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ reputation was strongly