Pasarte 42 – Joko Erregimenak

Pasarte honetan, Joko-eskemak borroka profesionalaren ospe txarrari nola elikatu ziren eztabaidatzen dugu.

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I am two-thirds done with the book on Ed “Strangler” Lewis’ hasierako karrera. Liburua urtarrilaren amaieran edo otsailaren hasieran atera behar da.

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William Demetral circa 1913 (Domain publikoak)

Main Content

We discuss a 19th Century gambling scheme involving current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Martin “Baserritarrak” Burns and D.A. McMillan. A newspaper reporter exposed the scheme, which ruined professional wrestling in Minnesota for three or four years.

I recently discovered another gambling scheme involving William Demetral. In this scheme, Demetral and others took a Chicago photographer for $4,000.00.

Authorities initially arrested and charged Demetral with fraud. Hala ere, the prosecutors dropped the case, when the victim quit cooperating.

The victim thought he was part of the group that was going to take the other gamblers. When the victim learned that he may also be a perpatrator of fraud underneath the law, he dropped the case.

Hala ere, Southern promoters, who were starting wrestling circuits, refused to book Demetral because they did not want the specter of fake matches over their cards.

Review

We review a where the tag team of Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant wrestled the Heenan Family of Nick Bockwinkel, “Big, BadBobby Duncum, Eta Patera, and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan. The match occurred on November 7, 1982 in either Minneapolis or St. Paul, Minnesota.

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