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Joe Stecher

Era - 1910s / 1920s

The bridge between the eras of Frank Gotch and Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Joe Stecher(also known as Stetcher) was one of the best natural grapplers in the early era of professional wrestling.

Born in 1893, in Dodge, Nebraska, a farm boy through and through, Stecher grew up as an athlete and appreciated the wide open outdoors. He developed a vice grip legscissors, able to break grain bags and wrangle pigs and mules with the technique. Before he reached adulthood, Stecher defeated Benjamin Roller and Earl Caddock, two top opponents of the time, and by the age of 22, managed to become the World Heavyweight champion by defeating Charles Cutler.

Stecher would proceed to feud with Ed Lewis for much of his career, and again would meet Earl Caddock, trading the World title with the two of them over the 1920s and would later encounter a young Lou Thesz a decade later, giving him a valuable experience of having squared off with an all time great.

An added thanks once again to Jam Up Guy for porting my FPR edits, including Stecher over so I could revamp them for World.

As with all my edits, full AI-Moveset-Parameters are set.

Attire:
1. Long black tights and brown shoes
2. Long black tights and white shoes
3. Black shorts and shoes
4. Burlap sack attire? (Taken from a picture of Stecher posing with Charlie Chaplin, a meeting of two stars of the time)