Acton Wrestles Greco-Roman

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Ponedeljek, Marec 26, 1888, Joe Acton, who specialized in catch wrestling, wrestled Professor William Miller, an Australian wrestler, and bare-knuckle prizefighter, in a two-out-of-three-falls Greco-Roman wrestling match. Both men’s camps believed wrestling the match in this style ensured the fairest contest between them. The men wrestled for $500.00 a side. 1,500 fans, a large crowd for the era, turned

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Epizoda 5: Wild Claims

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Predvajaj v novem oknu | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about some of the wild claims fans, wrestlers and wrestling historians make about professional wrestling matches. Update I recently discovered that before Mildred Burke was even born, wrestling fans and reporters recognized Cora Livingston as the first women’s wrestling champion. Cora learned to wrestle in the carnivals.

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Lewis Wins American Title

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Prior to wrestling in Kentucky in the early 1910s, wrestling fans knew Ed “Strangler” Lewis as Bob Fredrichs. Born Robert Friedrich in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Lewis made his professional wrestling debut in 1905, while still only 14 stara leta. Kentucky promoters thought Bob Fredrichs too plain, so Lewis chose his new name as an homage to fellow Wisconsin native and original

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Epizoda 4: Biggest Double-Cross

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3jeixi/Episode_48a46i.mp3Podcast: Predvajaj v novem oknu | DownloadEpisode Preview In this episode, I will be talking about the biggest double-cross in pro wrestling history. Introduction or Update After two weeks of COVID, my breathing finally returned to normal, so it is back to researching the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. This project has proven to be as frustrating as I expected it

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Epizoda 3: Evan “Strangler” Lewis

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/79nsr9/Episode_36u5sw.mp3Podcast: Predvajaj v novem oknu | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about one of the most vicious hookers in the history of professional wrestling. I will focus on three incidents which illustrate why other wrestlers feared Evan “The Strangler” Lewis. Update The update will be on the light side because I contracted COVID for the second time this

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Epizoda 2: Jim Londos

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sfejv3/Episode_275lyj.mp3Podcast: Predvajaj v novem oknu | DownloadIn this episode, Govoril bom o največji blagajniški atrakciji v zgodovini rokoborbe. Ko se je vrnil na delovni dopust v domovino Grčijo, je napolnil 100,000 stadioni. Bil je prvi rokoborec, ki je risal 30,000 navijačev od druge tekme Frank Gotch-George Hackenschmidt v 1911. Posodobi Zakaj I

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Epizoda 1: Gotch vs. Hack

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tkrvui/Episode_1b3iy0.mp3Podcast: Predvajaj v novem oknu | Prenos It Was Almost Real: Podcast o zgodovini profesionalne rokoborbe, Epizoda 1 – Gotch vs. Predogled epizode Hack V tej epizodi, Govoril bom o dejstvih in mitih okoli dveh tekem med Frankom Gotchom in Georgeom Hackenschmidtom. During May 2016 po raziskavi moških karier v prejšnjih dveh letih, Izpustil sem Gotcha

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Night and the City (1950)

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At nearly 70 let, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking

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Big Man Too Much for Jenkins

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Maja 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins se je v New Yorku boril z velikanko Nouralah Hassan. Born in Bulgaria during 1870, Hassan stood six feet, eight inches tall and weighed 331 funtov. While Jenkins possessed superior wrestling skill, fans and reporters expected Hassan’s immense size to present problems for Jenkins. Promoters booked the men to wrestle at Madison Square Garden in

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1883 Turnir v Buffalu v New Yorku

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V petek, Junij 29, 1883, fourteen wrestlers paid $50 to enter a two-day tournament for a $500 championship belt and $500 prize. Richard K. Fox, owner and publisher of the Police Gazette, put up the prize money and belt. Fox avidly supported the promotion of both professional boxing and professional wrestling. While fourteen men attempted to enter the tournament, Fox

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