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Evan “Davitelj” Klin dizač, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 to 1899. Lewis je bio prvi američki teškoj Catch-kao-ulov Hrvanje prvak. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ili “hang hold”, koju ljubitelji modernog MMA-a poznaju kao giljotinski čok. Lewis je svoj profesionalni debi pobjedom 64 muški turnir
Bregunica “Seljak” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Seljak” Burns je bio veliki hrvač u svoje pravo. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 funti. U 1891, Burns što Iowi prvak u teškoj kategoriji je na JC. Comstock, Michigan prvak u teškoj kategoriji. J.C. Comstock was
Siječnja 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, nekoliko američkih hrvača čak je tvrdio da se Nogert prije
In November 1923, St. Novinar Louis Star-Timesa Billy Murphy intervjuirao je St. Louis hrvački promotor John Contos. Murphy je rekao Contosu da je era dominantnih hrvača poput Williama Muldoona završila. Murphy je govorio o nedavnoj utakmici između “Svjetski prvak” Hardneck Phillips i konkurent Webster O’Malley. Phillips je uspješno obranio svoje prvenstvo bacivši O'Malleyja nakon 1 hour, 50
William Muldoon bio je aktualni svjetski prvak u hrvanju u teškoj kategoriji i poznati stručnjak za fizičku kulturu, kada je Muldoon bio zaručen s Johnom L. Sullivanovi podupiratelji da dovedu svog borca u formu. Sullivan je bio aktualni svjetski prvak u borbama s golim zglobom u teškoj kategoriji. Potpisao je ugovor za susret sa svojim najjačim izazivačem, Jake Kilrain, u srpnju 1889. Sullivan je priznao da je u lošem stanju,
Prvog listopada 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
I “Davitelj” 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”
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was
Travanj 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 godina. Gotch je bio godinu dana stariji, ali smatran je usponom. Obožavatelji i novinari koji pokrivaju sport smatrali su Gotcha
U utorak, Ožujak 22, 1910, Doktor. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 i 1920. Doktor. 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. Doktor.