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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, Evan Lewis ere deitzen “Strangler”, batetik Wrestler profesionala izan 1882 arte 1899. Lewis lehen American Heavyweight Harrapatu-as-Harrapatu Ezin Borroka txapelduna izan zen. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” edo “hang hold”, MMA zale modernoek gillotina txoke gisa ezagutzen dutena. Lewis bere debuta profesional bat irabazi 64 gizon txapelketa
Martin “Baserritarrak” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Baserritarrak” 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 libera. Urtean 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
Urtarrilaren On 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, borrokalari estatubatuar batzuk lehenago ere Nogert zirela aldarrikatu zuten
In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times kazetariaren Billy Murphy elkarrizketatu dute St. Louis borrokaren sustatzailea John Contos. Murphyk Contos-i proposatu zion William Muldoon bezalako borrokalari menderatzaileen aroa amaitu zela. Murphyren arteko azken partidaren berri eman zuen “Munduko txapelduna” Hardneck Phillips eta Webster O´Malley joko lehiakidea. Phillipsek arrakastaz defendatu du bere txapelketa O´Malley jaurtita ondoren 1 hour, 50
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,
Urriaren On 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
Eta “Strangler” 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”
Inork ez zuen aprobetxatu Battling Levinsky bezalako boxeo profesionalaren No Decision garaia. Levinsky defentsako boxeolari trebea zen, bere borroketan kalte gutxi hartu zuena. Ring aldizkariak zergatik zegoen hain aktibo galdetu zionean, batzuetan hartuz 3 New York inguruan egun batean borrokak, esan zuen Levinskyk, “Dirua gustatzen zait eta inoiz ez dut minik hartzen.” Levinsky zen
Apirilaren 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 urte. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Asteartean, Martxoa 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller Stanislaus Zbyszko ezagutu a borroka zilegia partidan. Borroka profesionala zilegia lehiaketa trantsizioa arteko erakusketa eszenaratzen 1910 eta 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller Pennsylvaniako Unibertsitateko graduatu profesionalean jokatu arabera. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.