Evan “Strangler” Lewis Shows Mean Streak

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, også kaldet Evan Lewis “Det Strangler”, var en professionel wrestler fra 1882 til 1899. Lewis var den første amerikanske Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” eller “hang hold”, som moderne MMA-fans kender som en guillotine-choke. Lewis fik sin professionelle debut ved at vinde en 64 mand turnering

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Farmer Burns Beats Michigan Champion

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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 pounds. I 1891, Burns som Iowa sværvægt tog JC. Comstock, Michigan sværvægt. J.C. Comstock was

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Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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Den January 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, nogle få amerikanske wrestlere havde endda hævdet at være Nogert før

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Ændrer smag

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In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewede St.. Louis wrestling promotor John Contos. Murphy foreslog overfor Contos, at den dominerende wrestlers æra som William Muldoon var forbi. Murphy talte om den nylige kamp mellem “Verdensmester” Hardneck Phillips og spilkonkurrencen Webster O’Malley. Phillips forsvarede med succes sit mesterskab ved at kaste O’Malley efter 1 hour, 50

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Muldoon Spars med Sullivan

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William Muldoon var den regerende World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion og en bemærket fysisk kulturforsker, da Muldoon blev forlovet af John L. Sullivans bagmænd for at få deres fighter i form. Sullivan var den regerende World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. Han underskrev en aftale om at møde sin hårdeste udfordrer, Jake Kilrain, i juli 1889. Sullivan indrømmede, at han var i dårlig form,

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The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

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Oktober 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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EdStrangler” 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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Gotch begår frispark vej til titel

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On April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch mødte World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt til verden titel på Dexter Park Pavilion i Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt blev ubesejret som professionel, men havde været verdensmester i ca. 7 år. 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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På tirsdag, Marts 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 og 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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