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Ar Aibreán 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” matches. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling
Frank J. Quinn, a áitiúil St. Louis aturnae, d'fhóin sé mar bhainisteoir do wrestlers gairmiúla George Baptise, Charley Olson agus Fred Beell. Bhí meas ag George Baptiste ar dtús, a bhí ina finscéal sa St. Louis chomharsanacht timpeall Cook agus Vandeventer Avenues. D’fhostaigh Baptiste Quinn mar a bhainisteoir agus ina aturnae ina dhiaidh sin dá phuball agus dá chuideachta scairt. During his
Ar Eanáir 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. While British
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Bhí plean Rachmann do bhunú Aber ag dul mar a bhí beartaithe tar éis don chomórtas tosú
In early 1916, Martin “Feirmeoir” Dónna, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns
Ar Nollaig 1, 1944, Universal Pictures released the latest horror film in the Frankenstein series, House of Frankenstein, with an all-star cast. Boris Karloff, who originally played Frankenstein’s monster, returns to the series as the mad scientist Dr. Niemann. An earthquake releases him and his hunchbacked assistant Daniel from prison. Dr. Niemann intends to exact revenge on the men who
Rugadh Tom Allen i Sasana le linn dó a bheith ina throdaire cniotála lom 1840, chaith sé an chuid is mó dá shaol fásta i St Louis tar éis dó bogadh go dtí na Stáit Aontaithe i 1867. Tar éis cailliúint díomách do Jem Mace i 1870, nuair a chuaigh sé i bhfeidhm ar an lucht féachana le feidhmíocht chróga in iarracht caillte, Thosaigh Allen i mbun feachtais le haghaidh lámhaigh Mheiriceá
Ar Eanáir 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 out of 10 réaltaí. It is #104 on the Top 250. I sochaí téama a bhfuil wrestled leis ó thús an
Rugadh Tom Allen i mBirmingham, England on April 23, 1840 ach bhain sé cáil amach mar trodaire trom meáchain lom i Meiriceá. Ag socrú i St. Louis around 1867, Bhuaigh Allen Craobh Meáchain Trom Mheiriceá i 1873 agus shealbhaigh sé an teideal go dtí 1876. D’fhill sé ar Shasana ar feadh bliana sular fhill sé ar St. Louis le haghaidh maith i 1878. Back
Faoi dheireadh na 1910idí, d'áirith tionscnóirí wrestling gairmiúla wrestlers i gcluichí wrestling oibrithe nó réamheagraithe. Occasionally, de ghnáth mar thoradh ar chros dhúbailte, d'fheicfeadh lucht leanúna comórtas iarbhír nó “shoot” cluiche idir na wrestlers. Tharla ceann de na cluichí seo go déanach 1921 agus d'éirigh sé as achrann idir Tex Rickard, tionscnóir dornálaíochta go príomha, agus Jack