The Championship of Champions Tournament in Paris in 1913

Complete details of the major "Championship of Champions" catch-as-catch-can tournament that was held in Paris in 1913.

As is well-known, Greco-Roman was the most popular wrestling style in France (and Continental Europe as a whole) in the early 1900s and there were a ton of Greco-Roman pro wrestling tournaments held all across Europe. By 1913, however, Greco-Roman pro wrestling's popularity has dropped off greatly in France (for a number of reasons). Therefore, when in 1913 Charles Debray (the director of Nouveau Cirque) decided to promote wrestling at his circus in Paris he opted to promote another style instead. In the U.S. and the UK that style was known as catch-as-catch-can, but in France at this time they decided to call it lutte de combat (combat wrestling).

From May 30 through July 7 Debray promoted a tournament in Paris, which he billed as a World Championship of Combat Wrestling. There were over 30 participants including some notable names such as Constant le Marin, Jimmy Esson, Andre Cherpillod, Karl Saft, Maurice Deriaz and Raymond Cazeaux. The Belgian Constant le Marin, who was one of the top new stars in Europe at the time and would go on to be one of the all-time European greats, won the tournament. That first tournament served as a blueprint for what was to come. Later in the year Debray promoted at least one more combat wrestling tournament, which was held outside of Paris and was won by Stanislaus Zbyszko.

Debray's final tournament for the year was by far the biggest one. It was billed as the Championship of Champions and also as a World Championship (but the Championship of Champions was the main name). The alcoholic beverage company "Dubonnet" sponsored the tournament, as they had done with Debray's previous Paris tournament. The Automobile Club of France was somehow involved as well as their president was the top man in the jury for the tournament and a few meetings about the tournament were held at their headquarters. And on top of that the popular sports newspaper "L'Auto", which had promoted a number of the World Greco-Roman Championship tournaments in Paris in the past, was covering this tournament and pushing it quite a bit. They even did a special stand-alone edition of the newspaper with photos and bios of the wrestlers.

The tournament was held at Nouveau Cirque (New Circus) in Paris. It lasted two and a half months and featured about 90 wrestlers from over 20 countries so on that basis alone it was one of the biggest tournaments in European pro wrestling history. And there were a number of notable names in the tournament too. First of all, there was Stanislaus Zbyszko, who was one of the biggest stars in both Europe and the United States and who had previously won a World Greco-Roman Championship tournament in Paris. There was also Jess Pedersen from Denmark, who had won three World Championships in Paris and was one of the top European stars of the era. Joe Rogers from the U.S., Taro Miyake from Japan (billed as World Jiu-Jitsu champion), Jimmy Esson from Scotland, Marinus van Riel from The Netherlands, Karl Saft from Germany and Maurice Deriaz from Switzerland were some of the other popular names in the tournament. Former boxing World Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson had a few matches as well, as did the Serbian giant Simon Antonitch. In terms of French wrestlers Raoul de Rouen was the one who got the most focus, and there was also the veteran Emile Vervet.

The initial advertising of the tournament was built around the participation of five stars - Zbyszko, Pedersen, Rogers, Miyake and the Turk Yussiff Mahmout (Frank Gotch's former policeman). Unfortunately, Mahmout did not wrestle in the tournament. Despite those five names being positioned as the headline attractions going into the tournament, going out of the tournament someone else ended up getting all the attention. That someone else was Stanislaus' younger brother Wladek. Wladek Zbyszko, who was 22 years old at this point, had already been wrestling for a few years and won a few minor Greco-Roman tournaments in Europe, but was by no means a big name yet. He ended up being the winner of the Championship of Champions tournament and you could say this was his first big accomplishment in professional wrestling. He was referred to as a prodigy by the French press and generally the press sounds very impressed by his in-ring skills, especially given his young age.

Sidenote: During the tournament Wladek was billed under his real surname Cyganiewicz, but below I'll be listing him as Zbyszko. And yes, despite the different surnames they were billed under, it was acknowledged that Wladek was Stanislaus' younger brother.

- Wladek Zbyszko (Cyganiewicz), Stanislaus Zbyszko, Joe Rogers, Jess Pedersen, Jimmy Esson, Jack Johnson, Taro Miyake, Maurice Deriaz
- Raoul de Rouen, Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju, Anastace Anglio, Ivan Spul, Willy Urbach, Babu Gobar, Almela le Picador, Francois Fournier
- Grenna Raphaeli, William Thompson, Adali Pehlivan, Ambrosio de Souza, Constant de Paris, Jarousinky, Jean-Baptiste Paradis, Billy Wood

Now let's talk about the format of the tournament. The wrestlers were split into three weight classes - lightweights (below 65 kg / 143 pounds), middleweights (between 65 and 85 kg), and heavyweights (above 85 kg / 187 pounds). The lightweights and middleweights would wrestle in a series of elimination matches until there were were four left of each. In order to be eliminated a wrestler had to lose three matches. Ultimately there was to be a World Lightweight and World Middleweight champions crowned. And then those four lightweights and four middleweights were to wrestle in a round robin tournament together to determine which four of them would go on to the final stage and mix it up with whatever heavyweights were left after the heavyweight elimination phase was over to determine the winner of the Championship of Champions. That's how the format was explained, but ended up being something else and overall the initial format wasn't completely adhered to. More about that below.

The matches were to be wrestled in 2 out of 3 falls. There were no time limits - the wrestlers were to wrestle until there was a winner. There was a three-minute break between the falls.

A wrestler could win in two ways:
- By pinning his opponent's shoulders to the mat for three seconds.
- By making his opponent submit, which could be by either verbally giving up or by tapping on the mat twice.

All types of strikes were prohibited - fists, fingers, edge of the hand, elbows, knees, head and feet. Eye gouging and hitting your opponent's private parts was also prohibited.

At the referee's discretion, if there was to be a third fall the ref could postpone it for another day. The referee, by coordinating with the jury, could also disqualify a wrestler if:
- They broke the rules (as described above).
- He thought there was some sort of a pre-match arrangement between the wrestlers and the match didn't appear to be legit.
- The wrestlers were wrestling too passively/defensively.
- A wrestler walked away from the ring/mat.

There was also a jury, which was a common thing in European pro wrestling back then. The jury had the power to fine a wrestler if they thought that the wrestler was wrestling too rough. The fines were usually 50 or 100 francs, and a few fines were indeed announced during the tournament. Particularly guys like Jimmy Esson, Willy Urbach and Ivan Spul were the biggest offenders when it came to this. The Paris crowd did not like such rough wrestlers either and would boo them and sometimes even throw produce at them.

The wrestlers had to wipe themselves off before each match - no oil, water or excessive sweat was allowed to be on their body when the match began. Their chest, arms and legs had to be bare. Knee pads were allowed.

The “ring” was to be 4 meters by 6 meters (13 feet by 19 feet, approximately) and it was to have ropes like in boxing. That said, they also mentioned that if there were no ropes the wrestlers had to stick to wrestling on the mat and not go outside of it. The mat itself was 4 cm (1.57 inches) thick.

Another note to make before I move onto the results is that while this big tournament was going on there were some other wrestling shows taking place in Paris. Shortly after the tournament began a series of combat wrestling shows were held at Folies Bergere. The shows were centered around the Cherpillod brothers (Armand and Andre) taking on various opponents. Then from November onward there were shows at The Olympia built around Constant le Marin. The fact that le Marin and the Cherpillod brothers were in Paris during this time, but did not participate in the Championship of Champions tournament is kind of interesting. In fact, Armand Cherpillod was advertised for the tournament, but ended up wrestling at Folies Bergere instead.

Final note. Below I've focused on the heavyweights. I've only listed the lightweight and middleweight finals and the matches with the middleweights once they started wrestling the heavyweights. The initial elimination matches with the lightweights and middleweights are not listed.

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October 15, 1913
1. Raoul de Rouen def. Maurice Vance (8:24, 5:36)
2. Ivan Spul def. Charles Poiree (1:32, 1:17)
3. Marinus van Riel def. Laurent de Lyon (0:36, 2:06)
= One report said it was Josef Hansen-Esch and not Spul in the match.

October 16, 1913
1. Francois Fournier def. Van Rothen (2:19, 2:42)
2. Franz Hissmann def. Ghyssens (4:26, 5:28)
3. Joe Rogers def. Bonne (0:56, 0:36)
4. Jess Pedersen def. Celestin Bayard (3:45, 3:19)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. August de Clercq (3:36, 1:34)

October 17, 1913
1. Rolland def. Van Rothen (3:37, 3:11)
2. Joe Rogers def. Charles Poiree (0:14, 1:19)
3. William Thompson def. Laurent de Lyon (1:01, 1:05)
4. Constant de Paris def. Goffin (8:22, 7:30)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. John Pickard (9:04, 4:26)

October 18, 1913
1. Anastace Anglio def. Charles Poiree (0:51, 0:47)
2. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Laurent de Lyon (1:02, 0:52)
3. Willy Urbach def. Heinrich Meyerhans (4:52, 3:12)
4. Babu Gobar def. Van Rothen (0:25, 0:19)
5. Jess Pedersen def. Bonne (2:39, 0:49)

October 19, 1913
1. Francois le Breton def. Ghyssens (0:27, 2:15)
2. Joe Rogers def. August de Clercq (1:45, 2:12)
3. Wladek Zbyszko def. Celestin Bayard (5:48, 0:55)
4. Ivan Spul def. Maurice Vance (5:05, 1:04)

October 20, 1913
1. Karl Saft def. Fritz Loewe (8:02, 3:14)
2. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. John Pickard (0:32, 0:31)
3. Constant de Paris def. Heinrich Meyerhans (4:59, 2:48)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Fritz Bellingrath (3:09, 1:32)

October 21, 1913
1. Jimmy Esson def. Bonne (1:28, 2:21)
2. Taro Miyake def. Goffin (0:12, 0:22)
3. Willy Urbach def. Krauss (12:02 Urbach, Krauss didn't turn up for the 2nd fall)
4. Wladek Zbyszko def. Maurice Vance (1:20, 1:02)

October 22, 1913
1. Jackson de Ridder def. Heinrich Meyerhans (4:00, 3:20)
2. Constant de Paris def. Bonne (8:55, 4:20)
3. Almela le Picador def. Fritz Loewe (0:19, 0:27)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. John Pickard (1:15, 0:40)

October 23, 1913
1. World Lightweight Championship final: Billy Wood def. Jean-Baptiste Paradis (47:20, 6:14) to become the World Lightweight champion
2. Jarousinsky def. Ghyssens (0:53, 1:56)
3. Constant de Paris def. Celestin Bayard (3:36, 1:02)
4. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Maurice Vance (0:45, 0:24)
5. Jess Pedersen def. John Pickard (0:23, 0:34)
6. Raoul de Rouen def. Wilhelm Collon (12:12, 2:20)
= Prior to the tournament Jean-Baptiste Paradis (of Canada) had been advertised as the World Lightweight champion and had even defended his title at Nouveau Cirque. The claim was that he had beat Eugene Tremblay for the belt, but I haven't looked into it so I don't know how true that is.

October 24, 1913
1. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Fritz Loewe (2:11, 1:02)
2. Joe Rogers def. Fritz Bellingrath (3:11, 2:43)
3. Wladek Zbyszko def. Krauss (7:03, 6:29)
4. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Constant de Paris (2:24, 2:12)
5. Francois Fournier def. Oswald Buchheim (10:23, 7:42)

October 25, 1913
1. Ambrosio de Souza def. Celestin Bayard (0:37, 1:22)
2. Ivan Spul def. Derona (15:27, 2:11)
3. Willy Urbach def. Krauss (11:22, 5:17)
4. Taro Miyake def. Fritz Loewe (0:42, no time mentioned for the 2nd fall)
5. Marinus van Riel def. Fritz Bellingrath (5:14, 5:03)

Taro Miyake had been put in the heavyweight class originally, but then they realized he was less than 85 kg so he was inserted into the middleweight finals, which also had Maurice Deriaz, Fernandez, Simonon and Gutt.

October 26, 1913
1. Adolf Specht def. Franz Hissmann (6:20, 0:30)
2. Francois le Breton def. Fritz Loewe (0:55, 0:35)
3. Jimmy Esson def. Wilhelm Collon (13:30, 4:15)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. August de Clercq (3:20, 4:01)
5. Rolland def. Oswald Buchheim (7:05, 6:15)

October 27, 1913
1. Constant de Paris def. John Pickard (1:50, 3:00)
2. Josef Hansen-Esch def. Celestin Bayard (4:20, 2:45)
3. Willy Urbach def. Fritz Bellingrath (12:30, 5:10)
4. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Ambrosio de Souza (1:20, 0:50)
5. Raoul de Rouen def. Marcel Deroua (5:20, 6:20)

October 28, 1913
1. Almela le Picador def. Celestin Bayard (1:50, 2:00)
2. Willy Urbach def. Constant de Paris (19:03, 9:15)
3. Wladek Zbyszko def. Oswald Buchheim (9:30, 5:30)
4. Anastace Anglio def. John Pickard (0:35, 0:16)
5. Jess Pedersen def. Krauss (6:40, 3:10)

October 29, 1913
1. William Thompson def. Ambrosio de Souza (7:21, 1:17)
2. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Willy Urbach via disqualification (Urbach hit him below the belt)
3. Jimmy Esson def. August de Clercq (5:12, 4:11)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Adolf Specht (2:22, 1:11)

October 30, 1913
1. Francois Fournier def. Fritz Bellingrath (5:42, 9:11)
2. Joe Rogers def. Franz Hissmann (2:22, 1:39)
3. Wladek Zbyszko def. Wilhelm Collon (12:10, 4:41)
4. Babu Gobar def. Krauss (3:17, 4:04)
5. Jimmy Esson def. Constant de Paris (11:37, 6:41)

October 31, 1913
1. Francois le Breton def. Ambrosio de Souza (4:42, 1:50)
2. Karl Saft def. Adolf Specht (5:03, 2:37)
3. Raoul de Rouen def. August de Clercq (5:53, 1:51)
4. Ivan Spul def. Oswald Buchheim (4:54, 1:51)
5. World Middleweight Championship final: Maurice Deriaz def. Taro Miyake (22:10 Deriaz, 2:24, 7:56) to become the World Middleweight champion

Around this time is when the final stage of the tournament began - the stage to determine the winner of the Championship of Champions. Initially there were over 30 wrestlers and it seems like they were to compete in a round robin tournament of sorts. I use words like "it seems" and "of sorts" because the whole thing is quite confusing. Wrestlers kept joining the tournament, even as late as the end of the December. There was also Maurice Deriaz for example, who just randomly stopped wrestling in the tournament despite winning all of his matches. It's confusing. To make things even more confusing, for the first week or two some of the matches were said to be part of the semi-final stage while other matches on the same card were said to be from the final stage. I have no idea what that was all about. Anyway, long story short, the wrestlers in this final pool of over 30 were to wrestle each other until finally the two guys with the most wins and no losses faced off in the final. The wrestlers in this final stage were all heavyweights with the exception of Deriaz, Miyake, d'Ursin and Simonon, who were from the middleweights group.

November 1, 1913
1. Constant de Paris def. Ulysse d'Ursin (4:15, 2:20)
2. Josef Hansen-Esch def. Franz Hissmann (9:15, 5:40)
3. Willy Urbach def. Marcel Deroua (15:06, 7:26)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Jarousinsky (4:17, 0:55)
5. Rolland def. Adolf Specht (7:10, 0:12)

November 2, 1913
1. Joe Rogers def. Krauss (1:30, 4:20)
2. Taro Miyake def. Wilhelm Collon (1:40, 1:30)
3. Raoul de Rouen def. Ambrosio de Souza (3:50, 1:40)
4. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Oswald Buchheim (1:40, 1:50)
5. Maurice Deriaz def. Constant de Paris (12:50, 7:50)
6. Wladek Zbyszko def. Fritz Bellingrath (9:20, 3:10)

November 3, 1913
1. Almela le Picador def. Ulysse d'Ursin (2:00, 2:36)
2. Anastace Anglio def. Krauss (0:34, 1:49)
3. Jess Pedersen def. Jarousinky (4:08, 2:39)
4. Jimmy Esson def. Francois le Breton (25:25 Esson, le Breton couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)
5. Babu Gobar def. August de Clercq (1:52, 1:39)
6. Marinus van Riel def. Derona (11:49, 5:03)

November 4, 1913
1. William Thompson def. Oswald Buchheim (7:05, 5:45)
2. Constant de Paris def. Ambrosio de Souza (11:15, 3:25)
3. Jackson de Ridder def. Krauss (2:40, 1:55)
4. Ivan Spul def. Fritz Bellingrath (6:05, 6:55)
5. Francois Fournier def. Adolf Specht (0:55, 4:20)
6. Josef Hansen-Esch def. Rolland (11:45)

November 5, 1913
1. Ambrosio de Souza def. Ulysse d'Ursin (2:06, 1:35)
2. Karl Saft def. Derona (3:51, 3:26)
3. Ivan Spul def. Constant de Paris
4. Jess Pedersen def. Willy Urbach via disqualification (Urbach hit him below the belt)
5. Jackson de Ridder def. Francois le Breton (8:00, 6:48)

November 6, 1913
1. Maurice Deriaz def. Ambrosio de Souza (5:22, 3:10)
2. Raoul de Rouen def. Fritz Bellingrath (6:24, 3:38)
3. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Jarousinky (1:42, 2:10)
4. Taro Miyake def. Constant de Paris (9:05 Miyake, Constant didn't turn up for the 2nd fall)
5. Ivan Spul def. William Thomspon (19:14, 4:46)

November 7, 1913
1. Wladek Zbyszko def. Franz Hissmann (6:45, 5:00)
2. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Fritz Bellingrath (2:50, 3:04)
3. Jimmy Esson def. Simonon (5:00, 3:50)
4. Maurice Deriaz def. Francois le Breton (17:19, 9:07)
5. Karl Saft def. Babu Gobar

November 8, 1913
1. Jess Pedersen def. Ambrosio de Souza (0:04, 0:08)
2. Ivan Spul def. Wilhelm Collon (6:24, 2:46)
3. Jimmy Esson def. Oswald Buchheim (11:42, 5:45)
4. Anastacio Anglio def. Fritz Bellingrath (1:01 Anglio, Bellingrath couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)
5. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Josef Hansen-Esch (20:17, 5:03)

November 9, 1913
1. Wladek Zbyszko def. Adolf Specht (7:03, 3:30)
2. Joe Rogers def. Jarousinky (2:45, 1:40)
3. Anastace Anglio def. Constant de Paris (9:15, 7:15)
4. Taro Miyake def. Francois le Breton (6:15, 4:20)

November 10, 1913
1. Jimmy Esson def. Ambrosio de Souza (Esson won both falls, second one was 4:00)
2. Maurice Deriaz def. Franz Hissmann (13:30, 10:35)
3. Willy Urbach def. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju (8:05) via referee stoppage
4. Raoul de Rouen def. Rolland (9:17, 4:09)
5. Ivan Spul def. Josef Hansen-Esch (17:22, 8:07)

November 11, 1913
1. Francois Fournier def. Wilhelm Collon (3:42, 6:34)
2. Babu Gobar def. Jarousinsky (0:48, 1:26)
3. Marinus van Riel def. Simonon (7:46, 9:10)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Jimmy Esson via disqualification (about 40 minutes, Esson was disqualified for wrestling too rough)
5. Ivan Spul def. Francois le Breton (14:10, 3:48)

November 12, 1913
1. Jackson de Ridder def. Adolf Specht (0:51, 0:42)
2. Taro Miyake def. Ambrosio de Souza (0:49, 1:04)
3. Jess Pedersen def. Willy Urbach (20:55)
4. Wladek Zbyszko def. Constant de Paris (10:27, 6:11)
5. Joe Rogers def. Josef Hansen-Esch (9:11, 5:55)

November 13, 1913
1. Raoul de Rouen def. Adolf Specht (1:32, 1:29)
2. Almela le Picador def. Ambrosio de Souza (1:24, 2:02)
3. Taro Miyake def. Franz Hissmann (5:41, 4:15)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju (16:08 Zbyszko, Tschiju couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)
5. Maurice Deriaz def. William Thompson (19:18, 10:22)

November 14, 1913
1. Karl Saft def. Jarousinky (2:10, 0:50)
2. Willy Urbach def. Francois le Breton (1:19 Urbach, le Breton couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)
3. Jimmy Esson def. Josef Hansen-Esch (18:05 Esson, Josef Hansen-Esch didn't turn up for the 2nd fall)
4. Francois Fournier def. Constant de Paris (10:20, 9:54)
5. Anastace Anglio def. Rolland (7:23, 2:16)

November 15, 1913
1. Jackson de Ridder def. Constant de Paris (5:58, 6:42)
2. Maurice Deriaz def. Adolf Specht (0:58, 3:31)
3. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Josef Hansen-Esch (2:35, 2:38)
4. Ivan Spul def. Simonon (11:06, 2:27)
5. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Willy Urbach (24:27 Zbyszko, Urbach couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)

November 16, 1913
1. Wladek Zbyszko def. Franz Hissmann (5:25, 1:08)
2. Taro Miyake def. Jarousinky (0:30, 1:25)
3. William Rankin def. Francois le Breton (4:12, 2:02)
4. Jess Pedersen def. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju (Pedersen won the 1st fall, Tschiju disagreed with the decision and refused to continue wrestling)
5. Jimmy Esson def. Jackson de Ridder (20:42, Esson won the 2nd fall as well)

November 17, 1913
1. Karl Saft def. Ambrosio de Souza (1:22, 1:18)
2. William Rankin def. Constant de Paris (9:02, 5:04)
3. Joe Rogers def. Rolland (2:48, 5:45)
4. Marinus van Riel def. William Thompson (13:28, 11:10)
5. Raoul de Rouen def. Josef Hansen-Esch (2:32, 2:05)
6. Taro Miyake def. Willy Urbach (10:10 Miyake, Urbach didn't turn up for the 2nd fall)

November 18, 1913
1. Hermann Reglin def. Ambrosio de Souza (1:40, 1:42)
2. Ivan Spul def. Franz Hissmann (7:17, 4:42)
3. Babu Gobar def. Francois le Breton (0:50, 1:15)
4. Anastace Anglio def. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju (3:25, 7:25)
5. Karl Saft sed. Josef Hansen-Esch (2:22, 2:30)
6. Jimmy Esson def. Jackson de Ridder (28:32)

November 19, 1913
1. Almela le Picador def. Franz Hissmann (3:12, 2:51)
2. Wladek Zbyszko def. Hermann Reglin (12:25, 6:20)
3. Karl Saft def. Simonon (3:11, 3:12)
4. Jimmy Esson def. Willy Urbach (28:11 Esson, the jury decided that Urbach couldn't continue)
5. Jess Pedersen def. Francois le Breton (5:12, 3:11)
6. Taro Miyake def. Rolland (6:35, 6:25)

November 20, 1913
1. Rold def. Adolf Specht (0:35, 0:27)
2. Ivan Spul def. Rolland (8:10, 8:03)
3. Francois Fournier def. Josef Hansen-Esch (7:45, 4:04)
4. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Simonon (0:24, 0:24)
5. Maurice Deriaz def. Jackson de Ridder (11:10, 2:25)
6. Karl Saft def. Babu Gobar

November 21, 1913
1. Salvador Chevalier def. Constant de Paris (6:07, 2:58)
2. Joe Rogers def. Rold (9:21, 2:43)
3. Taro Miyake def. Almela le Picador (8:09, 3:45)
4. Willy Urbach def. Josef Hansen-Esch (9:00, 4:11)
5. Jimmy Esson def. William Rankin (18:27, 3:07)
6. Ivan Spul def. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju (11:08, 7:12)

November 22, 1913
1. Jimmy Esson def. Hermann Reglin (5:40, 4:25)
2. Karl Serf def. Francois le Breton (2:05, 1:50)
3. Raoul de Rouen def. Jackson de Ridder (10:49, 8:23)
4. Anastace Anglio def. Simonon (2:05, 1:02)
5. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Rolland (2:42, 2:45)
6. Ivan Spul def. Willy Urbach (19:03, 5:45)

November 23, 1913
1. Marinus van Reil def. Franz Hissmann (3:19, 5:12)
2. Willy Urbach def. Almela le Picador
3. Maurice Deriaz def. Josef Hansen-Esch (11:42, 5:22)
4. Jess Pedersen def. Karl Serf (12:46, 8:30)
5. Jimmy Esson def. Ivan Spul (22:15, 10:20)

November 24, 1913
1. Wladek Zbyszko def. William Thompson (11:27, 9:13)
2. Babu Gobar def. Rolland (2:30, 1:17)
3. Taro Miyake def. William Rankin (3:25, 5:25)
4. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju def. Hermann Reglin (0:55, 5:20)
5. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Raoul de Rouen (38:00 de Rouen, 23:27, de Rouen couldn't continue due to a torn ligament)

At this point former boxing World champion Jack Johnson came in to wrestle a few matches. It's not mentioned whether these matches were part of the tournament or not (I would guess not). His arrival was pushed as a big deal.

November 25, 1913
1. Francois Fournier def. Rold (6:30, 2:15)
2. Maurice Deriaz def. Rolland (8:13, 4:50)
3. Anastace Anglio def. Josef Hansen-Esch (6:23, 4:55)
4. Marinus van Riel def. Jackson de Ridder (17:22, 0:25)
5. Jack Johnson def. Willy Urbach (11:19, 10:05)

November 26, 1913
1. Karl Serf def. Constant de Paris (5:26, 7:55)
2. Wladek Zbyszko def. Josef Hansen-Esch (11:50, 5:40)
3. Taro Miyake def. William Thompson (9:44, 4:30)
4. Jimmy Esson def. Li Hung Po Fou Tschiju (12:01, Tschiju has to withdraw during the 2nd fall due to an injury)
5. Anastace Anglio def. Jess Pedersen (6:15 Anglio, Pedersen was hurt by Anglio's leg hold and couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)
= Anglio defeating the former World champion Pedersen was considered a huge upset. Reportedly, the crowd was so shocked that Anglio won that they stood in silence for a couple of minutes trying to process what had happened and then they gave Anglio a big ovation.

November 27, 1913
1. Salvador Chevalier def. Rolland (4:50, 2:09)
2. Joe Rogers def. Constant de Paris (4:15, 0:42)
3. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Rold (2:12, 0:42)
4. Ivan Spul def. Karl Serf (23:45, 4:15)
5. Francois Fournier def. William Rankin (4:32, 3:06)
6. Anastace Anglio def. Willy Urbach (26:04, 8:10)

November 28, 1913
1. Marinus van Riel def. William Rankin (1:09, 0:40)
2. Wladek Zbyszko def. Karl Serf (4:48, 5:42)
3. Karl Saft def. Josef Hansen-Esch (4:40, 2:39)
4. Jimmy Esson def. William Thompson (13:21, 23:25)
5. Jack Johnson def. Ivan Spul (Spul was wrestling rough, eye gouging and trying to hit Johnson below the belt so Johnson got angry, hit Spul with two hooks to the stomach and Spul couldn't continue)

November 29, 1913
1. William Thompson def. Constant de Paris (15:29, 7:16)
2. Taro Miyake def. Josef Hansen-Esch (3:02, 1:50)
3. Willy Urbach def. Simonon (8:33, 5:15)
4. Raoul de Rouen def. Marinus van Riel
5. Joe Rogers def. Babu Gobar (16:05, 9:52)

November 30, 1913
1. Ivan Spul def. Rold (0:54, 1:02)
2. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Karl Serf (0:50, 3:10)
3. Anastace Anglio def. Marinus van Riel (13:10, 10:13)
4. Willy Urbach def. Jackson de Ridder (3:41, 4:10)
5. Jess Pedersen def. Taro Miyake (18:10 Pedersen, Miyake couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)

December 1, 1913
1. Marinus van Riel def. Constant de Paris (6:25, 3:53)
2. Raoul de Rouen def. Rold (1:42, 0:20)
3. Jimmy Esson def. Francois Fournier via referee stoppage (33:43 Esson, referee decided that Fournier was too beaten up to continue)
4. Salvador Chevalier def. William Rankin (0:36, 1:29)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Ivan Spul (26:53, 7:54)

December 2, 1913
1. Taro Miyake def. Jackson de Ridder (4:32, 5:06)
2. Babu Gobar def. Josef Hansen-Esch (5:37, 4:43)
3. Karl Saft def. William Rankin (0:18, 0:16)
4. Raoul de Rouen def. Willy Urbach (12:43, 14:43)
5. Jess Pedersen def. Anastace Anglio (23:35, 2:25)

December 3, 1913
1. Marinus van Riel def. Salvador Chevalier (24:17, 8:26)
2. Ivan Spul def. Jackson de Ridder (6:22, 9:52)
3. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. William Thompson (5:23, 6:49)
4. Jimmy Esson def. Taro Miyake (26:28 Esson, Miyake was injured by Esson's leg hold and couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Adali Pehlivan via disqualification (Adali kneed Zbyszko below the belt)

December 4, 1913
1. Francois Fournier def. Simonon (3:20, 4:45)
2. Joe Rogers def. Jackson de Ridder (7:36, 3:03)
3. Raoul de Rouen def. Anastace Anglio (31:49, 5:09)
4. Jess Pedersen def. Ivan Spul (9:55, 7:35)

December 5, 1913
1. Francois Fournier def. William Thompson (10:19, 7:31)
2. Joe Rogers def. Salvador Chevalier (8:00, 5:07)
3. Karl Saft def. Rolland (1:17, 2:59)
4. Jimmy Esson def. Marinus van Riel (20:15, 5:50)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Willy Urbach (10:40, 8:11)

December 6, 1913
1. Adali Pehlivan def. Taro Miyake (7:52, 5:29)
2. Yousouf Derelli vs. Constant de Paris (2:46, 1:59)
3. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Francois Fournier (25:23, 10:37)
4. Karl Saft def. Jackson de Ridder (4:01, 3:27)
5. Jess Pedersen def. Jimmy Esson (30:15, 9:37)

December 7, 1913
1. Adali Pehlivan def. Rolland (1:53, 2:33)
2. Joe Rogers def. William Thompson (5:42, 6:25)
3. Wladek Zbyszko def. Anastace Anglio (18:05, 0:38)
4. Salvador Chevalier def. Rold (6:05, 1:08)
5. Raoul de Rouen def. Ivan Spul (11:23, 6:47)

December 8, 1913
1. Ivan Spul def. Taro Miyake (9:06, 6:26)
2. Karl Saft def. William Thompson (2:35, 5:18)
3. Willy Urbach def. William Rankin (10:26, 5:31)
4. Yousouf Derelli def. Rold (3:27, 1:03)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Jimmy Esson (23:18, 7:34)

December 9, 1913
1. Raoul de Rouen def. Taro Miyake (6:50, 4:56)
2. Adali Pehlivan def. Constant de Paris (4:28, 1:38)
3. Joe Rogers def. Anastace Anglio (8:59, 4:11)
4. Jimmy Esson def. Rolland (1:27, 3:36)
5. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Karl Saft (32:30, 3:45)
= Prior to the matches the popular French veteran Emile Vervet appeared and announced he's entering the tournament. He had just returned from a tour of the U.S.

December 10, 1913
1. Wladek Zbyszko def. Taro Miyake (6:09, 2:05)
2. Adali Pehlivan def. Josef Hansen-Esch (2:09, 1:21)
3. Francois Fournier def. Willy Urbach (20:06, 10:20)
4. Jess Pedersen def. Jackson de Ridder (7:05, 6:52)
5. Joe Rogers def. Jimmy Esson (21:04, 5:18)

December 11, 1913
1. Emile Vervet def. William Thompson (1:27, 1:15)
2. Yousouf Derelli def. William Rankin (3:09, 3:30)
3. Ivan Spul def. Adali Pehlivan (13:05, 12:34)
4. Raoul de Rouen def. Salvador Chevalier (13:54, 5:53)
5. Jess Pedersen def. Karl Saft (22:30, 7:56)

December 12, 1913
1. Marinus van Riel def. Ivan Spul via disqualification (van Riel won the 1st fall, Spul took the 2nd in 10:40, and Spul was disqualified in the 3rd for wrestling too rough)
2. Emile Vervet def. Constant de Paris (4:28, 3:58)
3. Joe Rogers def. Willy Urbach (11:48, 4:28)
4. Jimmy Esson def. Anastace Anglio (16:28, 0:36)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Francois Fournier (17:45, 3:06)

December 13, 1913
1. Marinus van Riel def. Taro Miyake (10:50, van Riel won the 2nd fall as well)
2. Emile Vervet def. Josef Hansen-Esch (5:51, 2:29)
3. Raoul de Rouen def. Karl Saft (12:42, 10:55)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Salvador Chevalier (5:09, 1:15)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Adali Pehlivan (11:41, 2:44)

December 14, 1913
1. Yousouf Derelli def. Taro Miyake (4:53, 3:12)
2. Wladek Zbyszko def. Jackson de Ridder (7:55, 5:21)
3. Francois Fournier def. Ivan Spul (7:53 Spul, 2:53, 9:16)
4. Emile Vervet def. Adali Pehlivan (6:16, 5:53)
5. Joe Rogers def. Jess Pedersen (16:27)

December 15, 1913
1. Marinus van Riel def. Adali Pehlivan (9:30, 4:40)
2. Emile Vervet def. Taro Miyake (4:20, 5:10)
3. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Anastace Anglio (9:10, 5:05)
4. Willy Urbach def. Hermann Reglin (6:05, 3:55)
5. Jimmy Esson def. Jack Johnson (12:20, 6:35)

December 16, 1913
1. Adali Pehlivan def. Jackson de Ridder (4:28, 2:34)
2. Ivan Spul def. Anastace Anglio (1:14, 3:44)
3. Emile Vervet def. Willy Urbach (15:05, 17:22)
4. Joe Rogers def. Marinus van Riel (11:31, 2:25)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Karl Saft (13:14, 13:45)

December 17, 1913
1. Karl Saft def. Salvador Chevalier (5:12, 2:45)
2. Emile Vervet def. Jackson de Ridder (7:49, 4:05)
3. Joe Rogers def. Francois Fournier (12:17 Rogers, Fournier couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Ivan Spul (8:00, 3:15)
5. Jimmy Esson def. Adali Pehlivan (6:22, 7:10)

December 18, 1913
1. Francois Fournier def. Taro Miyake (6:05, 6:04)
2. Wladek Zbyszko def. Yousouf Derelli (20:12, 5:20)
3. Anastace Anglio def. William Thompson (4:45, 5:35)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Jimmy Esson (20:32)
5. Marinus van Riel def. Willy Urbach via disqualification (20:30 van Riel, Urbach was disqualified in the 2nd fall)

December 19, 1913
1. Emile Vervet def. Anastace Anglio (10:49, 3:29)
2. Ivan Spul def. Yousouf Derelli (6:10 Derelli, 3:16, 8:20)
3. Jimmy Esson def. Salvador Chevalier (16:08, 7:43)
4. Joe Rogers def. Karl Saft (14:15, 7:00)

December 20, 1913
1. Anton Gerigkoff def. Jackson de Ridder (2:20, 4:00)
2. Raoul de Rouen def. William Thompson (3:10, 5:50)
3. Willy Urbach def. Adali Pehlivan (9:52 Urbach, 7:55, 3:25)
4. Wladek Zbyszko def. Salvador Chevalier (13:25, Zbyszko won the 2nd fall as well)
5. Joe Rogers def. Ivan Spul (8:02, 2:15)

December 21, 1913
1. Yousouf Derelli def. Anastace Anglio (2:35 Derelli, Anglio couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)
2. Anton Gerikoff def. Salvador Chevalier (2:38, 2:45)
3. Marinus van Riel def. Francois Fournier (14:30, 12:15)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Emile Vervet (21:10, 1:15)
5. Raoul de Rouen def. Jimmy Esson via disqualification (12:50 de Rouen, Esson was disqualified in the 2nd fall for wrestling too rough)

December 22, 1913
1. Marinus van Riel def. Yousouf Derelli (9:35, 4:32)
2. Francois Fournier def. Douglas (6:30, 0:42)
3. Raoul de Rouen def. Adali Pehlivan (6:50, 4:36)
4. Karl Saft def. Ivan Spul via disqualification
5. Anton Gerikoff def. Willy Urbach (11:40, 3:55)

December 23, 1913
1. Yousouf Derelli def. William Thompson (5:32, 5:24)
2. Raoul de Rouen def. Francois Fournier (4:30, 2:03)
3. Wladek Zbyszko def. Emile Vervet (14:36, 10:00)
4. Anton Gerikoff def. Ivan Spul (9:28, 9:32)
5. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Marinus van Riel (11:08 5:23)

December 24, 1913
1. Halluent def. Douglas (4:02, 1:32)
2. Anton Gerikoff def. William Thompson (4:02, 4:56)
3. Joe Rogers def. Yousouf Derelli (5:18, 3:10)
4. Emile Vervet def. Ivan Spul (15:20, 8:15)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Raoul de Rouen (28:05 Zbyszko, de Rouen couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)

December 25, 1913
1. Grenna Raphaeli def. William Thompson (4:30, 6:24)
2. Van der Heyweghen def. Douglas (6:40, 5:10)
3. Joe Rogers def. Emile Vervet (16:15, 5:15)
4. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Yousouf Derelli (6:56, 4:50)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Anton Gerikoff (13:20, 7:15)

December 26, 1913
1. Grenna Raphaeli def. Yousouf Derelli (4:50, 3:25)
2. Ivan Spul def. Halluent (3:55, 1:25)
3. Raoul de Rouen def. Anton Gerikoff (12:35, 5:15)
4. Emile Vervet def. Van der Heyweghen (1:45, 0:18)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Marinus van Riel (12:40, 7:30)

December 27, 1913
1. Yousouf Derelli def. Douglas (2:36, 1:32)
2. Grenna Raphaeli def. Ivan Spul (7:35, 9:17)
3. Emile Vervet def. Marinus van Reil (17:30 Vervet, 2:30, 11:40)
4. Joe Rogers def. Halluent (1:15, 1:40)
5. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Anton Gerikoff (5:30, 4:20)

December 28, 1913
1. Yousouf Derelli def. Halluent (1:20, 2:15)
2. Grenna Raphaeli def. Douglas (3:50, 4:15)
3. Marinus van Riel def. Anton Gerikoff (12:30, van Riel won the 2nd fall as well)
4. Wladek Zbyszko def. Van der Heyweghen (0:24, 0:26)
5. Raoul de Rouen def. Emile Vervet (20:30, 11:15)

December 29, 1913
1. Corrado Carpini def. Halluent (0:37, 0:52)
2. Ivan Spul def. Douglas (3:45, 3:25)
3. Emile Vervet def. Yousouf Derelli (2:05, 12:15)
4. Anton Gerikoff def. Van der Heyweghen (1:30, 2:10)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Joe Rogers via disqualification (Zbyszko won the 1st fall in 1 hour 40 minutes, Rogers was disqualified in the 2nd which was about 3 minutes)

December 30, 1913
1. Corrado Carpini def. William Thompson (4:40, 3:35)
2. Anton Gerikoff def. Douglas (8:15, 3:50)
3. Grenna Raphaeli def. Marinus van Riel (10:25, 9:40)
4. Ivan Spul def. Van der Heyweghen (2:15, 2:25)
5. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Raoul de Rouen (22:15)

December 31, 1913
1. William Douglas def. Douglas (2:10, 4:40)
2. Marinus van Riel def. Corrado Carpini via disqualification
3. Emile Vervet def. Anton Gerikoff (16:25, 7:12)
4. Raoul de Rouen def. Yousouf Derelli (4:50, 2:10)
5. Wladek Zbyszko def. Grenna Raphaeli (29:35 Zbysko, Raphaeli couldn't continue for a 2nd fall)

January 1, 1914
1. Marinus van Riel def. Douglas (2:25, 4:15)
2. Corrado Carpini def. Anton Gerikoff (6:45, 6:15)
3. Grenna Raphaeli def. Emile Vervet (20:20 Raphaeli, Vervet didn't turn up for the 2nd fall)
4. Simon Antonitch def. Ivan Spul (2:45, 3:35)
5. Raoul de Rouen def. Joe Rogers by default (Rogers no-showed)
6. Raoul de Rouen def. Pockoi (1:55, 4:00) [a substitute match]

January 2, 1914
1. Emile Vervet def. Douglas (1:30, 2:20)
2. Wladek Zbyszko def. Corrado Carpini (7:30, 8:15)
3. Simon Antonitch def. Marinus van Riel (4:25, 5:50)
4. Yousouf Derelli def. Anton Gerikoff (13:00 Derelli, 4:15, 3:35)
5. Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Grenna Raphaeli (23:15, 5:45)

January 3, 1914
1. Hensch def. Anton Gerikoff (4:27, 2:15)
2. Wladek Zbyszko def. Douglas (1:55, 0:33)
3. Simon Antonitch def. William Thompson (4:10, 3:37)
4. Ivan Spul def. Corrado Carpini (15:04, 6:30)
5. Raoul de Rouen def. Grenna Raphaeli (24:12, 7:43)

And then it was time for the two undefeated wrestlers, the brothers Stanislaus and Wladek, to face off in the tournament final. Here's the tale of the tape as written in the French press:
Age: Stanislaus - 32 years old, Wladek - 22 years old
Height: Stanislaus - 1.72 m (5'7"), Wladek - 1.80 m (5'10")
Weight: Stanislaus - 115 kg (253 pounds), Wladek - 104 kg (229 pounds)
Chest: Stanislaus - 1.32 m (51.9 inches), Wladek - 1.25 m (49.2 inches)
Arm: Stanislaus - 50 cm (19.6 inches), Wladek - 42 1/2 m (16.7 inches)
Calf: Stanislaus - 44 cm (17.3 inches), Wladek - 44 (17.3 inches)
Thigh: Stanislaus - 70 cm (27.5 inches), Wladek - 69 cm (27.1 inches)
Neck: Stanislaus - 48 cm (18.8 inches), Wladek - 45 cm (17.7 inches)

"Tonight. The grand finale of the Championship of Champions. Zbyszko vs. Cyganiewicz. In a few hours we will know the real World Champion. Two great athletes will compete in the supreme final. The young and flexible Cyganiewicz wants to take down the invincible Zbyszko."

January 4, 1914
1. Pockoi def. Douglas (7:32, 9:15)
2. Hensch def. William Thompson (7:42, 3:15)
3. Simon Antonitch def. Anton Gerikoff (2:35, 2:15)
4. Raoul de Rouen def. Carrado Carpini (8:45, 10:28)
5. Stanislaus Zbyszko vs. Wladek Zbyszko to determine the winner of the tournament didn't take place
6. Exhibition: Stanislaus Zbyszko vs. Wladek Zbyszko (30:00)
= The Zbyszko brothers came out for the main event and Stanislaus did a short speech basically saying he was in a difficult position as he didn't want to fight his brother and then he proclaimed Wladek to be the winner of the tournament. The crowd liked this and gave them an ovation. Afterward the two brothers wrestled a 30-minute exhibition bout. They hugged after the exhibition.

"Wladek Cyganiewicz is the champion. Last night the World Champion, Stanislaus Zbyszko, publicly gave the title of World Champion to his brother. The two Poles then gave an admirable demonstration."

The big tournament was over, but matches continued to be held at the circus for a few more days in a series of events billed as The International Criterium of Combat Wrestling.