Belief No Longer Suspended

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Decembra 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann

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Lurich Throws Losson

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Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotcha, v Gotch's last

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Attell sa bráni proti Reaganovi

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Počas svojho prvého behu ako majster sveta v boxe v perovej váhe, Abe Attell sídlil v St. Louis, Missouri. Okrem toho, že má svoj tábor v St. Louis, Attell niekoľkokrát obhájil titul v St. Louis’ Atletický klub West End. V čase, keď, St. Louis bolo najväčšie mesto na západ od rieky Mississippi v Spojených štátoch. Narodil sa ako Abraham Washington Attell

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Rudy Robert Takes First Title

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Bob “Rudy RobertFitzsimmons was an English boxer, who won the undisputed middleweight, heavyweight and light heavyweight world championships, at the turn of the 20th Century. Often mistaken for an Australian because he started his boxing career there, Fitzsimmons traveled to the United States in 1890 to campaign for the middleweight championship. Fitzsimmons stood just under 6 feet tall but

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Belgický Bloodies zápasník nemčiny nosa

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Mája 21, 1915, Medzinárodné Wrestling turnaj začal v New Yorku. Samuel Rachman podporoval udalosť ako spôsob, ako predviesť európskej grécko-rímsky zápas Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman veril Aberg bol prirodzeným následníkom World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotcha, ktorý odišiel v roku 1913. Na prvý deň turnaja, nationalistic feelings about World War I popped up

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Lewis “Triumphs” in Fake Match

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The April 12, 1887 vydanie St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Malý Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 libier, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been

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