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En xuño 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in
En outubro 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. En 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this
Nos deportes de combate, un bo home grande adoita gañar a un bo home pequeno. Se es xenial, moitas veces pode compensar grandes discrepancias de tamaño. Edwin Bibby tiña só 5 anos’04” e pesou 160 libras pero derrotou a moitos loitadores máis grandes durante a súa carreira profesional. Bibby derrotou a moitos loitadores, incluído o xigantesco loitador alemán William Heygster. Edwin Bibby puido
Cando World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling William Muldoon se aposentou en 1889, el esperaba que o seu protexido Ernest Roeber sería recoñecido como o novo campión. Porén, Muldoon gañou o seu título en loita greco-romana, que foi a experiencia de orixe alemá do Roeber. Desafortunadamente, as aventuras de Martin “Agricultores” Burns e Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis catapultou catch-as-catch-pode loitar no estilo dominante. Roeber tiña un
Henry Moses Dufur especializouse na loita de colo e cóbado cando Dufur loitaba profesionalmente nas décadas de 1870 e 1880.. Nado en maio 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur loitou principalmente no nordeste dos Estados Unidos. En xuño 27, 1878, Dufur loitou unha partida de volta cun loitador chamado Cox no Boston Baseball Park diante de cincocentos afeccionados.. Cincocentos seguidores
O poderoso William Muldoon foi considerado invencible como grecorromano Wrestling Campión do Mundo. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon e Whistler reuniu o xoves, Novembro 1, 1883 en San Francisco, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed
Joe Acton foi un dos mellores loitadores de Inglaterra durante o século 19. 151-pound Acton pasou por filas dos medios de Inglaterra antes de arar a través dos pesos pesados. Despois de bater o mellor a Inglaterra tiña que ofrecer, incluíndo Tom Canón, Acton decidiu probar as súas habilidades en Estados Unidos. Joe Acton resolto en Filadelfia na casa de Arthur Cámara dos Campións descanso durante os meses de verán de
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Por fin conseguiu
En realidade, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. O torneo de Rachman debía comezar o mércores