The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in 1913, it left a void that many promoters tried to fill with their hand-picked successors. One of the more interesting attempts was Samuel Rachmann staging the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament.
Rachmann's Spring Tournament was a big success but attendance fell off badly in the Fall Tournament. Rachmann was forced to employ a gimmick to save his tournament. The gimmick was a huge success but was it worth it, if it hurt his contender and exposed professional wrestling at the same time.
The First Known Masked Wrestler in the United States
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 8 mm
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978-1-0879-5349-6 (9781087953496)
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Ken Zimmerman Jr. is the author of 18 non-fiction books including Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt, Double-Crossing the Gold Dust Trio and Gotch vs. Zbyszko. Ken is a married father and grandfather, who lives outside St. Louis, Missouri.
