National Wrestling Commission

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I've been running this for a bit more than a year now, and for some reason it just hit me that I've never posted the results here...so I'm looking to rectify that. There's live play videos on YouTube for some of the cards, and when appropriate, I'll try to remember to post the link to them as well as the results. I've got 5 game years to get through, and I don't want to just drown everyone with results (since there's not a ton of story at this point) so I'll probably post in 4 card blocks once or twice a week until I'm caught up here.

Some info about the universe. This is a chronological universe, I started in what would be approximately 1920 and am going forward in 5 year increments until I hit 1950, at which point it'll progress yearly. I run one card per month (these are not the only wrestling events that happen in the universe, they're just the "major" cards) This gives me some flexibility if I want to go back and use a card that comes out while I'm well passed that era to go back and a "retrospective" or whatever playing matches with that wrestler from non-major cards. Obviously this has the drawback that I can't really insert them into the title picture, so they'll never win titles or anything, but c'est la vie. I may also bring a card in MUCH later than it's debut date if I want to. I like the structure of having the chronological debuts, but I'm also not above bending things a bit for my own enjoyment, this is supposed to be fun after all... Also, the game years are necessarily tied to real life years in terms of debut, but they DO NOT represent any particular year. I'm currently in year 6 which is the first half of the 1940s as far as debuts go, but guys like Farmer Burns and Tom Jenkins are still active. I have a system in place that uses total accumulated fatigue tokens over the career of the card to handle retirement.

In this universe, wrestling is promoted and booked by two federal governing bodies, the National Bureau of Boxing and Wrestling (NBBW) and the National Wrestling Commission (NWC). I'll include information about them in later posts. These governing bodies are made up of state athletic commissions so basically each state recognizes one governing body or the other. 

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NATIONAL BUREAU OF BOXING AND WRESTLING

The National Bereau of Boxing and Wrestling, or NBBW for short, is the original governing body for wrestling in the United States. It was founded 15 years prior to the NWC to oversee boxing and wrestling events. Until year 1 it had no competition and all 50 state athletic commissions were members of the Bureau. In recent times, the NBBW has concerned itself more with regulating boxing than wrestling which left a need for another organization to step in and regulate wrestling. The lack of attention paid to wrestling by the NBBW was the direct reason for the creation of the National Wrestling Commission, who many fans and sportswriters see as the more serious option in sanctioning wrestling events and titles. Even though fans and journalists see the upstart NWC as the more serious of the two regulating bodies, the NBBW is older and has far more state support.

The NBBW sanctions 3 main titles: the NBBW World's Heavyweight Title, the NBBW World's Womens Title, and the NBBW World's Jr. Heavyweight Title. The NBBW does not recognize any other titles.

There are 30 states that recognize the NBBW as the governing body of wrestling for events held within their borders:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Delaware
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming

[Carlzilla]

NATIONAL WRESTLING COMMISSION



The National Wrestling Commission, frequently referred to as the NWC, was founded in year 1 and is the newest governing body to regulate wrestling in the United States. It was created due to the former regulating body, the National Bureau of Boxing and Wrestling (NBBW), concerning itself primarily with the sport of boxing and failing to properly handle wrestling. While recognized as the authority in less states than the NBBW, the NWC is seen by many to be the more serious organization, and as such, it's titles and standings have quickly gained traction amongst more serious wrestling fans and journalists.



The NWC sanctions the NWC World's Heavyweight Title, but recognizes the titles sanctioned by the NBBW as well as several the titles of international governing bodies.

The NWC is recognized by 20 states as the governing organization for wrestling events held within their borders:
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Rhode Island
- Texas
- Vermont

[Carlzilla]

Roster going into year 1:
1879 Farmer Burns
1881 William Muldoon
1882 Evan Lewis
1884 Matsuda Sorakichi
1887 Terrible Turk 
1890 Tom Jenkins 
1895 Great Gama 
1896 George Hackenschmidt 
1899 Aleksander Aberg 
1899 Frank Gotch 
1901 Nouroulah 
1902 Billy Sandow 
1903 Henry Irslinger 
1905 Cora Livingston 
1905 Ed Lewis
1906 Dr. B.F. Roller
1907 Ad Santel
1909 Stanislaus Zbyszko
1912 Jim Londos
1912 Joe Stecher
1912 Toots Mondt
1913 Wladek Zbyszko
1914 John Pesek
1915 Earl Caddock
1918 Dick Shikat
1919 Rudy Dusek

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𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟏.𝟏 (𝟏/𝟏/𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟏) @ 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍
Tournament to crown the first NWC World's Heavyweight Champion

𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐚:
Farmer Burns beat Great Gama via DQ when Gama purposely shoved Burns from the ring while they were tied up in the ropes.
** 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Burns - 0 / Gama - 5

𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭 𝐯𝐬. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡:
George Hackenschmidt beat Frank Gotch via RUSSIAN BEAR HUG.
* 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Hackenschmidt - 0 / Gotch - 3

𝐄𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐬:
Jim Londos beat Ed Lewis via short arm scissors.
****
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Lewis - 6 / Londos - 2

𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐬. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐤:
Joe Stecher beat John Pesek via arm lock & body lock.
1/2 *
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Stecher - 0 / Pesek - 1

𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭 𝐯𝐬. 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬:
George Hackenschmidt beat Farmer Burns via RUSSIAN BEAR HUG.
** 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Hackenschmidt - 0 / Burns - 5

𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫:
Joe Stecher beat Jim Londos via scissors hold.
**** 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Londos - 5 / Stecher - 4

𝐍𝐖𝐂 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡:
𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭 𝐯𝐬. 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫:
Joe Stecher beat George Hackenschmidt via scissors hold.
** 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐖𝐂 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞.

Hackenschmidt - 2 / Stecher - 1

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𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟏.𝟐 (𝟐/𝟏/𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟏) @ 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍

𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤 𝐯𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐫𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫:
Henry Irslinger beat Yusuf Ismail via DQ when Turk got carried away outside the ring.
*
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Turk - 0 / Irslinger - 2

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐬. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡:
William Muldoon beat Frank Gotch via BODY LIFT & THROW.
* 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Muldoon - 1 / Gotch - 2

𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐖𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐤 𝐙𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐳𝐤𝐨:
Farmer Burns beat Wladek Zbyszko via toelock.
****
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Burns - 2 / Wladek - 6

𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐯𝐬. 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐭:
Toots Mondt beat Aleksander Aberg via short forearm punch.
**
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Mondt - 3 / Aberg - 1

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𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟏.𝟑 (𝟑/𝟏/𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟏) @ 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍

𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐯𝐬. 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤:
Great Gama beat Yusuf Ismail via GAMA THROW.
*** 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Gama - 4 / Turk - 3

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐫𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐬. 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠:
Aleksander Aberg beat Henry Irslinger via HIPLOCK HOLD.
**
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Irslinger - 3 / Aberg - 1

𝐄𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬:
Ed Lewis beat Farmer Burns via STRANGLER'S HEADLOCK.
*****
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Lewis - 4 / Burns - 6

𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭:
Jim Londos beat George Hackenschmidt via crotch lift & slam.
**** 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Londos - 4 / Hackenschmidt - 5

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𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟏.𝟒 (𝟒/𝟏/𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟏) @ 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍

𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐫𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫:
Evan Lewis beat Henry Irslinger via STRANGLEHOLD.
*
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Lewis - 0 / Irslinger - 2

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐤 𝐯𝐬. 𝐖𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐤 𝐙𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐳𝐤𝐨 :
Wladek Zbyszko beat John Pesek via DQ when Pesek attacked Zbyszko while Zbyszko was holding the ropes open for Pesek to reenter the ring.
**
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Pesek - 2 / Zbyszko - 2

𝐄𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐭:
Ed Lewis beat Toots Mondt via STRANGLER'S HEADLOCK.
*****
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Lewis - 5 / Mondt - 5

𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡:
Farmer Burns beat Frank Gotch via CHICKEN WING.
***
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Burn - 0 / Gotch - 6

𝐍𝐖𝐂 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡:
𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐬. 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐬:
Joe Stecher beat Jim Londos via SCISSORS HOLD.
**
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐖𝐂 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞.

Londos - 2 / Stecher - 0

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𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟏.𝟓 (𝟓/𝟏/𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟏) @ 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍

𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐚:
Great Gama beat Evan Lewis via GAMA THROW.
**
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Lewis - 3 / Gama - 1

𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤 𝐯𝐬. 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠:
Terrible Turk beat Aleksander Aberg via count out when both wrestlers fell from the ring and Aberg was unable to meet the referee's count.
** 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Aberg - 2 / Turk - 3

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐤 𝐯𝐬. 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐬:
Jim Londos beat John Pesek via grinding armbar.
*****
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Pesek - 7 / Londos - 3

𝐄𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐧:
Ed Lewis beat William Muldoon via STRANGLER'S HEADLOCK.
**** 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Lewis - 4 / Muldoon - 5

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𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟏.𝟔 (𝟔/𝟏/𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟏) @ 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡:𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐯𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐡:
Nouroulah beat Matsuda Sorakichi via ROLLING SMOTHER HOLD.
* 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Sorakichi - 2 / Nouroulah - 1

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐯𝐬. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐤:
Frank Gotch beat John Pesek via GOTCH TOEHOLD.
*****
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Gotch - 8 / Pesek - 3

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐫𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐬. 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭:
Henry Irslinger beat George Hackenschmidt via FLYING HEADLOCK.
** 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Irslinger - 0 / Hackenschmidt - 5

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐳𝐤𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐄𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 & 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐭:
Ed Lewis beat Stanislaus Zbyszko via STRANGLER'S HEADLOCK.
** 1/2
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: Mondt - 0 / Lewis - 0 / Stanislaus - 5 / Wladek - 0