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 Gotch, v Gotchevi zadnji

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Ed Lewis je najboljši Dick Shikat

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Ta tedenska objava je namenjena zaključku zgodbe o dvojnem križu, ki vključuje Dicka Shikata in Danna O'Mahonyja. Začetki dvojnega križa so se pravzaprav začeli v tekmi z Edom “Strangler” Lewis v Madison Square Gardnu ​​junija 9, 1932. Medtem ko je bila ta tekma vnaprej pripravljena ekshibicija, rokoborca ​​sta razpravljala o tem, da je Lewis odpustil pas

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Rudy Robert je prvi naslov

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Bob “Rudy Robert” Fitzsimmons je bil angleški boksar, ki je zmagal v nesporni srednji kategoriji, svetovno prvenstvo v težki in poltežki kategoriji, na prelomu 20. stoletja. Pogosto ga zamenjajo za Avstralca, ker je tam začel svojo boksarsko kariero, Fitzsimmons je v ZDA odpotoval v ZDA 1890 za kampanjo za prvenstvo v srednji kategoriji. Fitzsimmons je stal tik pod njim 6 metrov visok, vendar

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Belgijska Bloodies Nose nemške rokoborec je

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Maja 21, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament began in New York. Samuel Rachman promoted the event as a way to showcase European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alek Aberg. Rachman believed Aberg was the natural successor to World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, who retired in 1913. On the first day of the tournament, 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 izdaja St. Paul Daily Globe carried a story about the bout between feared professional wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Malo Demon” Joe Acton. Other wrestlers feared Lewis’ ability as a submission expert particularly his abilities with the stranglehold. Joe Acton, while undersized at 150 funtov, was a ferocious wrestler. The bout should have been

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