Clarence Whistler Dies in Australia

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Clarence Whistler was born in Indiana during 1856. While standing only 5’09” or so and weighing 165 liri, Whistler was considered one of the most powerful wrestlers of his era. Whistler was the only wrestler able to give William Muldoon a hard time during Muldoon’s 9-year run as World Champion. Whistler primarily competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, the dominant style in

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Zbyszko Injures Dr. Roller

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Fuq Mejju 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American

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Ed “Strangler” Lewis’ Deadly Headlock

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Leading into his January 24, 1921 title match with former world champion Earl Caddock, Champion tad-Dinja tal-Lotta Heavyweight Ed “Strangler” Lewis was reputed to have injured his previous two opponents, Wladek Zbyszko and Joe Stecher, with his headlock. Lewis would use the headlock to hip toss his opponent to the floor. Zbyszko was knocked senseless, when his head hit the

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How to Setup a Big Rematch

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On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 liri, “Farmer” Burns stood 5’11to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Burns debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, one

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Duncan Ross Wrestles Sorakichi Matsuda

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Dwar April 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross iltaqa 'ma' Sorakichi Matsuda, magħruf ukoll bħala Matsada, l-ewwel wrestler professjonali Ġappuniż fl-Istati Uniti. Matsuda emigra lejn l-Istati Uniti biex isegwi l-ħolma tiegħu li jsir wrestler professjonali għax dak il-ħin ma kienx jeżisti fil-Ġappun. 28-Duncan Ross ta ’sena twieled fit-Turkija ta’ dixxendenza Skoċċiża f’Marzu

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Stecher u Lewis Għal darb'oħra

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Ed “Strangler” Lewis enjoyed one of the most successful careers in professional wrestling. Although Lewis wrestled in mostly staged exhibitions, he possessed legitimate wrestling skills. Future protege Lou Thesz said many times Lewis could beat any wrestler at any time, għalhekk kien iċ-champion tad-dinja ideali fl-era moderna tal-partiti rranġati minn qabel. Madankollu, early in his career, Lewis

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Kienet Rimja jew Xogħol?

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Fl-aħħar ta’ Diċembru 1916, ġrat avveniment stramb. John F. Olin, wrestler lokali ta’ Massachusetts, rebaħ partita maċ-Champion tad-Dinja attwali Joe Stecher. Ir-referee ddikjara lil Olin rebbieħ wara li Stecher telaq mill-partita. Qabel l-Alleanza Nazzjonali tal-Lotta (NWA) għamel bidliet fir-regoli fis-snin ħamsin, kampjonati bidlu l-idejn permezz ta’ skwalifika jew

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Pesek Jmur Fin-Negozju għalih innifsu

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John “Tigerman” Sand wrestled diversi “shoot” logħbiet matul il- “worked” era tal-1920s. By this time, Wrestlers professjonali Amerikani kkooperaw ma 'xulxin biex jagħmlu logħbiet eċċitanti għall-partitarji. Ir-riżultati kienu ddeterminati minn qabel mill-promoturi u l-maniġers. Konkorsi leġittimi jew “shoots” kienu rari. Meta seħħew, kien normalment biex tissolva tilwima fost promoturi jew a

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Legitimate Brawl or Pre-Match Hype?

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At the end of 1905, Fred Beell was traveling America hyping up a match with former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Beell was a former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion having defeated Frank Gotch in a “worked” match in New Orleans during December 1903. He lost the title back to Gotch a few weeks later. Capable wrestlers, Jenkins and Beell

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Stecher Jiltaqa 'ma' Pesek f'San. Louis

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Joe Stecher and JohnTiger ManPesek were legitimate wrestlers in a primarily “worked” era, where matches were predetermined unless someone decided to double-cross the other wrestler or promoter by turning the match into a legitimate contest. Double-crosses only worked, if the wrestler could legitimately win the match. John Pesek didn’t like the worked nature of wrestling and often turned

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