Alias the Champ (1949)

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Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star

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Legend of Yusuf Ismail

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Yusuf Ismail only wrestled in the United States for six months in the first half of 1898. In his first significant match, he was disqualified for a vicious foul. In his only other significant match, he gave Evan “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "949​" bbox_y = "1897​" bbox_w bbox_h = "52​" = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the

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Gotch Meets Match in Zbyszko

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On a Thursday night, ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 ປອນ. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, Zbyszko

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Masked Marvel Throws Berner

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Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in

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Stecher Beats Westergaard in Lincoln

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In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they

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Mail Order JuJitsu in 1921

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ໂຄສະນາໄດ້ຖືກພິມອອກໃນເດືອນມັງກອນ 16, 1921 ສະ​ບັບ​ຂອງ St ໄດ້. Louis Post-Dispatch ໂຄສະນາຫຼັກສູດການສັ່ງຊື້ທາງໄປສະນີກ່ຽວກັບ Jujitsu ຈາກ Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith ເກີດໃນ Scotland ແຕ່ມີຄວາມປະທັບໃຈກັບການສາທິດຂອງ Jujitsu ຂອງຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (ຕົວຈິງແລ້ວ Judo) ລາວໄດ້ເຫັນໃນປະເທດອັງກິດ. Smith ໄດ້ເດີນທາງໄປປະເທດຍີ່ປຸ່ນກັບບໍລິສັດແລະໄດ້ຮຽນ Judo ເຖິງລະດັບ 1

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ເປີດ​ເຜີຍ Gotch ຈ່າຍ​ຫມູ່​ຂອງ​ພຣະ​ອົງ

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ເປີດ​ເຜີຍ Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, ລັດ​ໄອ​ໂອ​ວາ, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko was a skilled

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Police Chief Prevents Wrestling Match

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Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

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Stecher and Zbyszko Complete Deal

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 13, 1920, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1897​" bbox_w = "16​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = " “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "949​" bbox_y = "1897​" bbox_w bbox_h = "52​" = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud

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