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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, yo te rele tou Evan Lewis “Strangler a”, te yon wrèstle pwofesyonèl ki soti nan 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” oswa “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewis made his professional debut by winning a 64 man tournament
Martin “Kiltivatè” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Kiltivatè” 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 liv. Nan 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
Nan mwa janvye 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
In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times repòtè Billy Murphy entèvyouve St. Louis lit pwomotè Jan Contos. Murphy pwopoze nan Contos ki epòk la nan luteur dominan tankou William Muldoon te sou. Murphy te pale de dènye match la “Mondyal chanpyon” Hardneck Phillips ak contender nan jwèt Webster O'Malley. Phillips avèk siksè defann chanpyona li a pa voye O'Malley apre 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,
Sou Oktòb 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
Ed “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”
Pa gen moun ki te pran avantaj de epòk No Decision nan boksè pwofesyonèl tankou Battling Levinsky. Levinsky te yon boksè defansiv kalifye, ki te fè ti domaj pandan batay li yo. Lè Ring Magazine te mande l poukisa li te tèlman aktif, pafwa pran 3 batay nan yon jou alantou New York, Levinsky te di, “Mwen renmen lajan e mwen pa janm blese.” Levinsky te
Sou Avril 3, 1908, Lit Ameriken chanpyon Frank Gotch te rankontre Mondyal Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt pou Tit Mondyal la nan Dexter Park Pavilion nan Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt te defèt kòm yon pwofesyonèl, men te Mondyal Champion pou apeprè 7 ane. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Nan Madi, Mas 22, 1910, Doktè. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 ak 1920. Doktè. 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. Doktè.