Pasarte 1: Gotch vs. Hack

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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tkrvui/Episode_1b3iy0.mp3Podcast: Leiho batean Play | Deskargatu Ia Erreala zen: Pro Wrestling Historia Podcasta, Pasarte 1 – Gotch vs. Hack atalaren aurrebista Atal honetan, Frank Gotch eta George Hackenschmidten arteko bi partiden inguruko gertakari eta mitoei buruz hitz egingo dut. During May 2016 aurreko bi urteetan gizonezkoen ibilbidea ikertu ostean, Gotch askatu nuen

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Night and the City (1950)

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At nearly 70 urte, 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 Jenkinsentzat

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Maiatzaren On 7, 1901, Tom Jenkinsek Nouralah Hassan erraldoiarekin borrokatu zuen New Yorken. Bulgarian jaio zen bitartean 1870, Hassan sei oin zegoen, zortzi zentimetroko altuera eta pisua zuen 331 libera. Jenkinsek borrokarako trebetasun handia zuen bitartean, zaleek eta kazetariek Hassanen tamaina izugarriak Jenkinsi arazoak ekartzea espero zuten. Sustatzaileek gizonezkoak Madison Square Garden-en borrokatzeko erreserbatu zituzten

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1883 Buffalo New York Txapelketa

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Ostiralean, Ekaina 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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Jatorrizko Masked Marvel Paseak

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Abuztuaren On 4, 1939, Mort Henderson passed away in Rochester, New York at 60 urte. Wrestling fans likely did not remember the name Mort Henderson but as his alter ego, the original Masked Marvel, he saved the fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament with the goal of

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Wladek Zbyszko vs. Helio Gracie

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Wladek Zbyszko Estatu Batuetatik Brasilera bidaiatu zuenean Brasilen Birzorroko Borroka Profesionalaren Zirkuituan, Zbyszkok gutxi susmatu zuen bere lehen lehiaketa ia hogei urtean borrokatuko zuela. Amerikako kideak bezala, Brasilgo borrokalari profesionalek elkarren artean aritu ziren zaleentzako erakusketa zirraragarriak jartzeko. Brasilgo borrokalari profesionalek noizean behin borroka egin zuten

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Dan McLeod Wrestles “Baserritarrak” Erredurak

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Urriaren On 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Scottish catch wrestler Dan McLeod. Burns and McLeod were two of the top three or four catch-as-catch-can wrestlers in the United States at the time. 1,200 fans attended the match held at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy

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Miyake Wrestles Londos

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Taro Miyake originally came to prominence as a jiu jitsu expert fighting legitimate mixed styles contests with professional boxers and wrestlers. Miyake used the legitimate contests, most of which he won, to generate interest in jiu jitsu. Like many judo and jiu jitsu instructors, Miyake discovered how hard it was to make a sustainable income from martial arts instruction. Taro

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George Tragos, the Original Crippler

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George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, bat 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only

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