Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis Mostra Mean Streak

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Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis, també anomenat Evan Lewis “el estrangulador”, va ser un lluitador professional de 1882 to 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” o “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament

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Farmer Cremades Beats Champion Michigan

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Martin “Farmer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Farmer” Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 lliures. En 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was

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Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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Al gener 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, a few American wrestlers had even claimed to be Nogert before

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Changing Tastes

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In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match betweenWorld ChampionHardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 1 hour, 50

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Muldoon Spars With Sullivan

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William Muldoon was the reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a noted physical culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. Sullivan’s backers to get their fighter in shape. Sullivan was the reigning World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. He signed an agreement to meet his toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, in July 1889. Sullivan admitted he was in bad shape,

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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I “Estrangulador” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

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Battling Levinsky guanya el primer títol

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Ningú va aprofitar l'era No Decision de la boxa professional com Battling Levinsky. Levinsky era un boxejador defensiu hàbil, que va patir poc dany durant les seves baralles. Quan Ring Magazine li va preguntar per què era tan actiu, de vegades prenent 3 baralles en un dia per Nova York, va dir Levinsky, “M'agraden els diners i mai em faig mal.” Levinsky era

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Gotch Faltes seu camí al títol

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A l'abril 3, 1908, American Wrestling Campió Frank Gotch reunir World Wrestling Campió George Hackenschmidt pel títol mundial en Dexter Parc Pavilion a Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt era invicte com a professional, però havia estat campió del món per aproximadament 7 any. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch

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Dr. Roller and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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Dimarts, Març 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 i 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.

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