Tom Allen Shoots Patron

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Tom Allen Birminghamen jaio zen, England on April 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Back

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Pasarte 25 – McLaughlin vs. Ross

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/axyw2v/Episode_258ridr.mp3Podcast: Leiho batean Play | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss an 1884 mixed styles match between J.H. McLaughlin and Duncan C. Ross. Update Shut Up and Wrestle Interview with Mike ChapmanWhy I normally don’t read other historians of the time frame that I study. Based on the interview, I am going to research two matches I viewed

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Larunbatean, Azaroa 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutu. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. He used

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Pasarte 24 – Jim Browning

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fa8auy/Episode_247r7qx.mp3Podcast: Leiho batean Play | DownloadIn this episode, I discuss the career of unknown World Champion Jim Browning. Update I recently made thirteen of my non-fiction books available to bookstores and libraries in paperback. I hope you will see them in your local bookstore or library soon. Main Content While reading about the double-crosses of the early 1930s, Dut

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Lewisek Steelerekin tiro egiten du

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Astelehenean, Abendua 6, 1932, 41-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled one of his last legitimate contests to settle a promotional dispute in New York. After initially being allies in promotion, Jim Londos broke away from Jack Curley’s group in New York. To restore peace, the parties decided on a legitimate contest or “shoot” to settle the dispute. Joseph "Toots" Mondt

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Bi jaurtitzaileek partida batean lan egiten dute

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Asteartean, Abendua 12, 1916, local favorite, John “The Nebraska TigermanPesek wrestled fellow shooter, Al “DutchMantell, in a worked match. Pesek recently trained with fellow Nebraska wrestler and recognized World Champion Joe Stecher prior to this match. Pesek developed a notorious reputation for shooting with other wrestlers. Hala ere, Pesek was a 22-year-old up-and-comer still learning to wrestle, when

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Pasarte 22 – Bonus Episode

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/spskyr/Episode_22b5y7p.mp3Podcast: Leiho batean Play | DownloadIn this episode, my cousin Dan and I discuss the evolution of pro wrestling since the late 1970s and its influence on our fandom. We agreed wrestling had to change because of the emergence of cable television. One of the wrestling companies was going to go national. Although they did not necessarily have to

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