Ag ullmhú Munn do Lewis

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Ar an Domhnach, December 14, 1924, “Big” Rinne Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt i bpríomhimeacht an chárta wrestling ag an Kansas City, Missouri, Halla an Choinbhinsiúin. 10,000 léirigh lucht leanúna suas le cheer ar Munn, iar-imreoir peile coláiste d'Ollscoil Nebraska. Cuireadh bille ar Munn ar 6’06”, a d’fhéadfadh a bheith ina áibhéil ach bhí sé go suntasach

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Feirmeoir Burns Cathanna Evan Lewis

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Tharla an cluiche probháide Meiriceánach is mó sa 19ú hAois i mí Aibreáin 21, 1895 i Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Chosain Lewis a Chraobhchomórtas Trom-mheáchain Mheiriceá i gcoinne Martin “Feirmeoir” Dónna. Bhí an bheirt 34 bliain d’aois oilte le “crúcaí” nó sealanna aighneachta a fhágann go bhfuil siad ar bharr an tslabhra bia i gcarn gairmiúil dlisteanach. Bhí Lewis ina chraobh gan amhras ó shin 1893

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Gotch Bests Bulgarian

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Ar Aibreán 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, i Chicago, Illinois for his title. Mheas lucht leanúna go raibh Mahmout ina iomaitheoir dian go príomha toisc nach bhfaca siad wrestle air. Emil Klank, Bainisteoir Gotch, wrestlers eachtrannach diongbháilte le dea-chlú mar Mahmout agus Stanislaus Zbyszko taisteal go Meiriceá chun dúshlán a thabhairt Gotch. Lucht leanúna

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Nochtann Aberg Curley

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Aleksander “Alex” Rinne Aberg ceannlínte i 1917 le linn a dhlí maidir le diúltú gealltanas wrestling a chomhlíonadh i mBostún i rith mhí an Mhárta 1917. D'aontaigh Aberberg wrestle Wladek Zbyszko, a phríomh chéile comhraic i rith na 1915 Comórtais Comórtas Idirnáisiúnta Nua-Eabhrac, don tionscnóir Boston George Touhey. Mar sin féin, Tharraing Aberberg amach as an bout go gairid tar éis dó comhaontú a shíniú chun a chuid a throid

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Cos Sosanna Gotch

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Tar éis dó a bhean chéile Gladys a phósadh agus Georg Hackenschmidt a bhualadh don dara huair, araon i 1911, Thosaigh Frank Gotch, Curadh Trom-mheáchan Trom an Domhain, ag streachailt le sceideal níos teoranta. Ní raibh a bhean chéile Gladys ina lucht leanúna mór de wrestling agus theastaigh uaidh a fear céile nua níos mó ama a chaitheamh sa bhaile i Humboldt, Iowa. I saol na wrestling ag an am,

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Clarence Whistler Dies san Astráil

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Rugadh Clarence Whistler in Indiana le linn 1856. Agus é ina sheasamh ach 5’09” nó mar sin agus meáchan 165 punt, Measadh Whistler ar cheann de na wrestlers is cumhachtaí dá ré. Ba é Whistler an t-aon wrestler a bhí in ann am crua a thabhairt do William Muldoon le linn rith 9 mbliana Muldoon mar Chraobh an Domhain. Bhí Whistler san iomaíocht go príomha i wrestling Greco-Rómhánach, an stíl ceannasach i

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Prizefighters Meet in Liverpool Pub

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For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, nuair a stad siad isteach ag a

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Zbyszko Injures Dr. Roller

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On May 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, Nua-Eabhrac. 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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EdStranglerLewis’ Cnaipe Marfach

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Leading into his January 24, 1921 title match with former world champion Earl Caddock, Curadh Domhanda Trom-mheáchain Wrestling Ed “StranglerLewis 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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