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Sou Desanm 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Sepandan, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud
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,
Nan Madi, Fevriye 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast te defye chanpyon mondyal boksè ki lejè kap batay Nelson pou tit Nelson nan Richmond Arena nan Point Richmond., California. Nelson nan 28-zan te genyen tit la nan frape gwo Joe Gans nan 1908. Ekspè nan boksè pa t atann Wolgast defèt Nelson menm si Wolgast te pran yon desizyon jounal sou Nelson nan. 1909. Konsa
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”
Stanislaus Zbyszko te fè yon toune Etazini nan 1910 an preparasyon pou yon match tit ak World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch pita nan ane a. Vwayaj li mennen l 'nan St. Louis nan mwa me 29, 1910. Zbyszko te pwograme pou rankontre Charley Olson, grappler pwa loud trè konsidere. Olson se te yon luteur kalifye, ki te antrene ak St. Louis wrèstle George