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On June 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
På Oktober 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. I 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
I kampsporter, en bra stor man slår vanligtvis en bra liten man. Om du är bra, du kan ofta kompensera för stora storleksskillnader. Edwin Bibby blev bara 5’04” och vägs 160 pund men besegrade många större brottare under sin professionella brottningskarriär. Bibby besegrade många brottare inklusive den gigantiska tyska brottaren William Heygster. Edwin Bibby kunde
När världsmästaren i tungviktsbrottning William Muldoon gick i pension 1889, han hoppades att hans skyddsling Ernest Roeber skulle bli erkänd som den nya mästaren. Emellertid, Muldoon vann sin titel i grekisk-romersk brottning, vilket var den tyskfödde Roebers expertis. Tyvärr, Martins bedrifter “Farmer” Burns och Evan “Den strangleren” Lewis katapulterade catch-as-catch-can brottning till den dominerande stilen. Roeber hade en
Henry Moses Dufur specialiserade sig på krag- och armbågsbrottning när Dufur brottades professionellt på 1870- och 1880-talen. Född i maj 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur brottades främst i nordöstra USA. On June 27, 1878, Dufur brottades en returmatch med en brottare vid namn Cox på Boston Baseball Park inför femhundra fans. Femhundra fans
Den kraftfulla William Muldoon ansågs oövervinnerlig som grekisk-romersk World Wrestling Champion. Endast en man utmanade Muldoon på allvar under hans dominerande regeringstid. Den 165 pund tunga Clarence Whistler gav Muldoon konsekvent sina tuffaste utmaningar. Muldoon och Whistler träffades på torsdagen, November 1, 1883 i San Francisco, Kalifornien i en av sina flera matcher. William Muldoon var nästan ett huvud längre och vägde
Joe Acton var en av Englands bästa brottare under 1800-talet. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
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. Han säkrade till slut
Faktiskt, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, 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. Rachmans turnering skulle starta på onsdag