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Gruodžio 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Tačiau, 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
Evanas “Strangler” Lewis, taip pat vadinamas Evanas Lewisas “žmogžudys”, buvo imtynininkas iš 1882 į 1899. Lewisas buvo pirmasis Amerikos Sunkiojo Pagauk-kaip priegauda gali Imtynės čempionas. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” arba “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewisas padarė savo profesinę debiutavo laimėti 64 man tournament
Kregždė “Ūkininkas” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Ūkininkas” 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 svarų. Į 1891, Burns as the Iowa Heavyweight Champion took on J.C. Comstock, the Michigan Heavyweight Champion. J.C. Comstock was
On January 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, kai kurie amerikiečių imtynininkai anksčiau net tvirtino esantys Nogertas
In November 1923, St. Louis Star-Times reporter Billy Murphy interviewed St. Louis wrestling promoter John Contos. Murphy proposed to Contos that the era of dominant wrestlers like William Muldoon was over. Murphy spoke about the recent match between “World Champion” Hardneck Phillips and the game contender Webster O’Malley. Phillips successfully defended his championship by throwing O’Malley after 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,
Antradienį, Vasaris 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast metė iššūkį pasaulio lengvojo svorio bokso čempionui, kovojančiam Nelsonui dėl Nelsono titulo Richmond arenoje Point Richmond mieste., Kalifornija. 28-erių Nelsonas iškovojo titulą nokautuodamas puikų Joe Gansą 1908. Bokso ekspertai nesitikėjo, kad Wolgastas nugalės Nelsoną, nors Wolgastas laikraštyje priėmė sprendimą dėl Nelsono. 1909. Punditai
Spalio 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”
Stanislovas Zbyszko gastroliavo JAV 1910 ruošiantis titulo rungtynėms su pasaulio sunkiasvorių imtynių čempionu Franku Gotchu vėliau šiais metais. Jo kelionė atvedė jį į Šv. Louis gegužės mėn 29, 1910. Zbyszko turėjo susitikti su aukštai vertinamu pussunkio svorio grupeliu Charley Olsonu. Olsonas buvo įgudęs imtynininkas, kurie treniravosi su Šv. Louis imtynininkas George'as