Evan “Strangler” Lewis Shows Mean Streak

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis, also called Evan Lewis “the Strangler”, was a professional wrestler from 1882 në 1899. Lewis was the first American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling Champion. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” ose “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 Burns Beats Michigan Champion

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Babil “Fermer” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Fermer” 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 £. Në 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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Ne Janar 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, disa mundës amerikanë madje kishin pretenduar se ishin Nogert më parë

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Ndryshimi i shijeve

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In November 1923, St. Gazetari i Louis Star-Times Billy Murphy intervistoi St. Promotori i mundjes Louis, John Contos. Murphy i propozoi Contos se epoka e mundësve dominues si William Muldoon kishte mbaruar.. Murphy foli për ndeshjen e fundit mes tyre “Kampion Bote” Hardneck Phillips dhe pretendenti i lojës Webster O'Malley. Phillips mbrojti me sukses kampionatin e tij duke gjuajtur O'Malley pas 1 hour, 50

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Muldoon Spars Me Sullivan

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William Muldoon mbretëronte kampion Wrestling Botëror Heavyweight dhe një culturist theksuar fizik, kur Muldoon u fejua nga John L. Mbështetësit e Sullivan për ta mbajtur luftëtarin e tyre në formë. Sullivan ishte fuqi Botëror Heavyweight Bare grusht Prizefighting Champion. Ai nënshkroi një marrëveshje për të takuar sfiduesin e tij më të ashpër, Jake Kilrain, në korrik 1889. Sullivan pranoi se ishte në gjendje të keqe,

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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Dhe “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”

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Beteja me Levinsky fiton titullin e parë

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Askush nuk përfitoi nga epoka No Decision e boksit profesionist si Battling Levinsky. Levinsky ishte një boksier i aftë mbrojtës, i cili mori pak dëme gjatë luftimeve të tij. Kur Revista Ring e pyeti pse ishte kaq aktiv, ndonjëherë duke marrë 3 lufton brenda një dite rreth Nju Jorkut, tha Levinsky, “Më pëlqejnë paratë dhe nuk lëndohem kurrë.” Levinsky ishte

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Gotch Fouls His Way to Title

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Në prill 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 vjet. Gotch ishte një vit më i madh, por konsiderohej si një i ri dhe i ardhur. Tifozët dhe gazetarët që mbulojnë sportin e konsideruan Gotch

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Dr. Rul dhe Zbyszko Beteja për të nxjerrë

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Të martën, Mars 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 dhe 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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