Alias ​​Champ (1949)

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Broadcast fyrirtæki voru að leita að efni á árdaga sjónvarps. Að auki eldri kvikmyndir og sumir útvarpsþáttur fyrirtæki framleiðsla, íþróttir voru uppspretta forritun fyrir mörgum sjónvarpsstöðva. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star

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Gotch Meets Match í Zbyszko

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Á fimmtudagskvöld, Nóvember 25, 1909, Heimurinn Glíma Champion Frank Gotch hitti Polish glímukappi Stanislaus Zbyszko fyrir fötlun leik í Buffalo, New York. Gotch samþykkt að sleppa bardagann ef hann gæti ekki kasta Zbyszko tvisvar í klukkutíma. Stærð Zbyszko og styrkur búið vandamál fyrir Gotch, sem vó 190 pund til Zbyszko er 260 £. Þó, Zbyszko

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Masked Marvel Throws Berner

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Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in

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Stecher Beats Westergaard in Lincoln

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In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they

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Frank Gotch greiðir félagsgjöld hans

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Frank Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hakk” í því 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

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Jake Kilrain jafntefli

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Þó frægur fyrir að berjast við John L. Sullivan í síðasta heimsmeistarakeppni verðlaunabardaga sem keppt var undir berum hnúareglum, Jake Kilrain tók einnig þátt í mörgum hanskabardögum. Verðlaunabaráttan var að breytast úr reglum um beina hnúa yfir í hanskabardaga samkvæmt reglum Marquess of Queensberry (snemma áhugamanna- og atvinnuhnefaleikar) seint á 19. öld. Eins og Sullivan, Kilrain myndi berjast í dúr

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

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Janúar 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko var þjálfaður

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Lögreglustjóri kemur í veg fyrir glímu

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Lögreglustjórinn í Omaha, H.W. Dunn skapaði fyrirsagnir í mars 28, 1915, þegar hann gaf út skipun um að banna auglýsta atvinnuglímu Joe Stecher og Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 Leikurinn var á dagskrá í Omaha Auditorium. Yfirmaðurinn gaf í raun út skipunina að beiðni lögreglustjóra A.C. Kugel. Kugel gaf út yfirlýsingu til

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