Evan Lewis’ Stranglehold

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This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Nan sa a Episode, I discuss what Evan “Strangler a” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Sepandan, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis

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Kilrain batay Godfrey nan batay brital

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Nan Vandredi, Mas 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain te goumen ak George Godfrey nan California Athletic Club nan San Francisco, California. Mesye yo te goumen pou yon trofe ak $5,000. Mesye yo antre nan bag la nan 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, ansyen chanpyon World Heavyweight Wrestling, segonde Kilrain, ki moun ki Muldoon te antrene pou batay sa a. Muldoon te antrene advèsè Kilrain a, John L. Sullivan, pou yo 1889

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Counter-Espionage (1942)

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Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film series. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene

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Zbyszko Double Crosses Trio

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Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” pwomosyon lit ak bat Munn pou la

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Sam Langford KOs Battlin’ Jim Johnson

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Nan Madi, Desanm 12, 1916, Sam Langford te defann la “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, ki li te genyen nan Sam McVea nan mwa fevriye 1916. Ant 1904 ak 1919, pi bon boksè Afriken-Ameriken yo, oswa Kanadyen nwa tankou Langford, yo te bloke goumen youn ak lòt pou “Koulè” Chanpyona. Si yon konbatan blan te goumen ak yo, li te sèlman yo devlope pwòp repitasyon yo

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Korsèr (1931)

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Roland V. West directed fourteen films in his career. Critics consider three of his films to be excellent. West directed the silent thriller The Bat in 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. Nan 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, Pale nan Bat,

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